An employee works inside a factory of Chinese state-owned enterprise Pingmei Shenma Group in Baofeng County, Henan province, China. Photo: Reuters
An employee works inside a factory of Chinese state-owned enterprise Pingmei Shenma Group in Baofeng County, Henan province, China. Photo: Reuters

China’s state-owned firms under pressure from foreign investors to boost transparency

  • Recent moves by some Chinese state-owned enterprises to boost transparency in supply chain management caused their stock prices to jump
  • Chinese consumers are dissatisfied with services of finance and retail sector SOEs, research shows, putting them under pressure to reform

An employee works inside a factory of Chinese state-owned enterprise Pingmei Shenma Group in Baofeng County, Henan province, China. Photo: Reuters
An employee works inside a factory of Chinese state-owned enterprise Pingmei Shenma Group in Baofeng County, Henan province, China. Photo: Reuters
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