How Much Do State-Owned Enterprises Contribute to China’s GDP and Employment?

Zhang, Chunlin

World Bank, Washington, DC

关键词: STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES;    EMPLOYMENT;    SHARE OF STATE;    SIZE OF STATE;    FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT;   

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学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

A large sector of state-ownedenterprises (SOEs) is well known as the hallmark of theChinese economy. But exactly how much do they contribute tothe country’s gross domestic product (GDP) and employment?Since available statistics do not provide a straightforwardanswer, this note attempts to make some estimations. Inconclusion, estimations in this note suggest that the shareof SOEs in China’s GDP should be twenty-three totwenty-eight percent and their share in employment can beanywhere between five and sixteen percent in 2017.