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A Dose of Capitalism: China's Plans to Partly Privatize State-Run Companies

© AP Photo / Andy WongA man checks his mobile phone as he walks by buildings of China's state-owned companies, China National Offshore Oil Corp. (CNOOC), left, and China Petroleum & Chemical Corp. (Sinopec), in Beijing Monday, Sept. 14, 2015
A man checks his mobile phone as he walks by buildings of China's state-owned companies, China National Offshore Oil Corp. (CNOOC), left, and China Petroleum & Chemical Corp. (Sinopec), in Beijing Monday, Sept. 14, 2015 - Sputnik International
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Beijing has revealed how it plans to reform its underperforming state-owned companies: among the proposed measures is partial privatization, as well as “cleaning up and integration”.

The suggested guidelines were jointly issued by the Communist Party's Central Committee and the State Council, China's cabinet.

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The plans include measures to clean up and integrate some state firms, as well as introduce "mixed ownership" by bringing in private investment, according to the country’s news agency Xinhua.

"Decisive results" are expected by 2020.

"This reform will be positive for improving the impetus of the economy and making growth more sustainable," according to Xu Hongcai, director of the economic research department at the China Centre for International Economic Exchanges (CCIEE), a Beijing-based think-think.

Partial privatization, he added, would help establish "check-and-balance and incentive systems" at state firms.

State firms will be allowed to bring in "various investors" to help diversify share ownership, and more state firms will be encouraged to restructure to pave the way for IPOs.

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Private investors will be encouraged to buy stakes in state firms, buy convertible bonds issued by state firms, or swap shares with state firms.

State-owned enterprises will be divided into commercial and public welfare-related businesses.

Oil and gas, electricity, railways and telecommunications companies were identified as sectors that could be suitable for limited non-state investment.

China's government manages 111 companies centrally under the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, or SASAC.
Local governments own and manage another 25,000 state-owned companies and the sector employs nearly 7.5 million people.

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