The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China took the crown as the world's biggest public companies, according to the latest Global 2000 list released by Forbes in May.
The list has measured the world's largest public companies in terms of four equally weighted metrics: assets, market value, sales and profits. The threshold for the 2021 ranking was $8.26 billion, up from $5.27 billion in 2020.
Here are China's 10 biggest public companies in the list:
No. 10 China Mobile Global rank: 32
People look around experiencing the products exhibited at the 2020 China Mobile Global Partners Conference in Guangzhou, South China's Guangdong province, on Nov 21, 2020. [Photo/IC] No. 9 Tencent Holdings Global rank: 29
People walk past a Tencent sign at the company headquarters in Shenzhen, Guangdong province on Aug 7, 2020. [Photo/Agencies] No. 8 Postal Savings Bank of China Global rank: 28
A staff member is ready to receive clients at a branch of Postal Savings Bank of China. [Photo provided to China Daily] No. 7 Alibaba Group Global rank: 23
The Alibaba Group logo is seen during the company's 11.11 Singles' Day global shopping festival at its headquarters in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province on Nov 11, 2020. [Photo/Agencies] No. 6 China Merchants Bank Global rank: 22
The logo of China Merchants Bank. [Photo/Sipa] No. 5 Bank of China Global rank: 14
A man walks past a branch of Bank of China in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province on May 6, 2020. [Photo/Sipa] No. 4 Agricultural Bank of China Global rank: 9
Employees in an Agriculture Bank of China booth help a customer. [Photo/IC] No. 3 Ping An Insurance Group Global rank: 6
Visitors check out the exhibits of Ping An Insurance (Group) Co of China Ltd at the China (Shenzhen) International Financial Fair in Shenzhen, South China's Guangdong province. [Photo/China Daily] No. 2 China Construction Bank Global rank: 4
The China Construction Bank logo is seen at a booth. [Photo/Sipa] No. 1 Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Global rank: 1
The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China booth at an expo in Guangzhou, Guangdong province. [Photo by Fang Jie/For China Daily] Canonical Link: https://global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202106/22/WS60d11546a31024ad0baca7de.html
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