Our daily life is inseparable from the consumption of food, clothing, housing and transportation, and consumption behavior is closely related to large and small enterprisesIf a company can be rated as one of the "world's top 500", then it will be recognized as a reliable and well-known enterprise in people's hearts
When the list of "Fortune 500" companies was first announced, there were as many as 151 companies belonging to the United States, and Japan was not far behind. It ranks second with 149 companies, just two companies shortThe United States and Japan directly occupy 60% of the list
And in our Chinese mainland in that year's selection, the number of companies on the list can be counted clearly on one hand-There are only 3 of themYou may be shocked by this number, after all, it is so little.
Nowadays,China's economic level has always been in a state of rapid development, the influence in the whole world is also increasing, I don't know how many Chinese companies can be on the list of today's "Fortune 500" list?
The concept of the so-called "Fortune 500 companies" was first mentioned inFortune, a world-renowned financial magazineAmong them, it was 1955, but there were no companies outside the United States on the list that year, so there was no credibility.
The concept was officially noticed in 1996, the first Fortune 500 company mentioned above, which included companies from different countries around the worldThe data is much more comprehensive, and the results are more objective
Therefore, it is also from this time that more and more people pay attention to the list of "Fortune 500".The authority of the data is also becoming more convincing as the attention rises
After all, it is in the "Fortune 500" listIt reflects not only the level of the enterprise, but also the level of the country's economic developmentThe more developed the economy, the more motivated the development of enterprises, and the more likely they are to be on the list.
At the beginning, there were only a few Chinese companies on the list, but in the final analysisAt that time, the country's economic level was still relatively backward, not enough to provide a more comfortable environment for the development of enterprises, but now the situation is completely different.
To put it simply, it's a different time than it used to be – rootsAccording to the latest data released in August 2023, there are 135 companies on the list of "Fortune 500" in mainland China, which is only slightly inferior to the 136 in the United States.
What's more, this data only counts the enterprises in our mainland, if the special administrative regions are also added together, then the number of enterprises on the list in my country isA well-deserved number one
What many people don't know is that even if we only count companies in the mainland, we once surpassed the United States and got the first place - that is, in the list released in 2020, China has 133, while the United States has only 121.
From the single digits on the list to the top, the number of companies on the list in my country isLeaps and boundsIt is not an exaggeration, and most of the countries that have been surpassed by us are developed countries, and economic development and our country are not at the same starting line.
In the face of the "encirclement and suppression" of the capitalist countries, how did China stand out from these countries and leave the vast majority of them far behind?This is inseparable from the rapid development of China's economy
In 1996, our country's GDP was:8637.$4.9 billion, accounting for about the world's, while the data for the United States that year was 807 trillion dollars, about 253%, Japan's data is 4, 92 trillion, about 154%。
That is, even in the year after the first "Fortune 500 list" was released,China's economic standard is also far behind that of the United States and Japan, the gap is even as high as several times, not to mention the development of the enterprise a year in advance.
But the good thing is that although our country is not so economically developedDeveloping countriesBut we have a lot of motivation to vigorously develop the economy, especiallyAfter achieving initial results, reform and opening up began to be further deepened
With the right policies and industrious and courageous people, the speed of China's economic development is very rapidGDP is growing every yearand then keep going further and further on the world GDP charts.
There are a couple of very different nodes in this, such as:In 2010, Japan's GDP surpassed that of Japan, only behind the United States, that is, we have managed to replace Japan in second place in the world.
Such a rapid development is bound to attract great attention on a global scaleMore and more Chinese brands are starting to step onto the world stage, "Made in China" began to become popular around the world with lightning speed.
Due to the natural demographic advantage,Our labour force is more abundant than that of other developed countriesIt is also relatively cheap, which makes our product budget well controlled, and it is far behind the opponent in terms of cost.
In addition to the demographic advantage, and the people of our countryAbility to delve into researchThere is also an inseparable relationship, which is why the developed countries are increasingly reluctant to sell high technology to China, and they hope to hinder us by erecting technical barriers for us.
And the reason why these developed countries will do this kind of behavior is not because they are all soldiers, but because the past experience has taught them a great lesson, after allNo matter what kind of technology, as long as it is handed over to China, it will be "overtaken in the corner".
None of them can figure out why China'sThe learning ability is so strong, and the ability to reduce costs is so deepThis potential makes it difficult for them to believe in the competitiveness of their country's homegrown enterprises, so they can only be wary of China.
But today's China is no longer a "soft persimmon", a state-owned enterpriseThe ability of self-research and development and self-management is constantly risingIt is believed that in the near future, the competitiveness of the "world's top 500" Chinese enterprises will continue to increase.
This list has a fixed quota of 500 every year, which means that as long as new companies join, some companies will be squeezed out, and China's "Fortune 500".The number of enterprises has soared, and the number is greatly improved
At the same time, there will be many companies in developed countries that were originally on the list to be squeezed out of the listThe biggest change has been in JapanThe gap from being greatly crushed by Chinese enterprises to being greatly crushed by Chinese enterprises is not small.
But in fact, Japan is still a developed country, and many Japanese brands are still everyone, so what is the reason for Japanese companies?was squeezed out one after anotherWhat about the list of "Fortune 500 companies"?
If we really have to investigate carefully, it is better to say that Japanese companies have been squeezed out by Chinese companies rather than by themInternal reasons for Japan's socio-economic development, that is, the poor state of economic development in Japan has been going on for a long time.
In the past, Japanese cosmetics, electrical appliances, seafood and other goods were very popular, and these companies naturally made a lot of money, but now,The competitiveness of these commodities in the international market is declining and has lost their irreplaceability
Take cosmetics as an example, for a long time, Japanese cosmetics and skin care products were liked by many Chinese because they were more suitable for Asian skin than European and American brandsBut now more and more Chinese are looking to domestic brands
Over the years, our own domestic brands have risenIngredient technology is becoming more and more cutting-edge, not only can achieve the effect, but also cheaper than the Japanese brand, after all, how can consumers resist the quality of low price?
Electrical appliances and other companies have lost their competitiveness for almost the same reasonIn addition, the serious problem of aging Japanese society has not been solved for a long time, and labor is very expensive, which has also led to the high price of Japanese goods.
WhileThis dilemma is not confined to one developed countryJapan is just a typical case, and if this kind of problem is not effectively adjusted, there will be more difficult problems to solve in the future.
Over the past few years,Affected by the epidemic prevention and control, China's economic development has slowed downBut now everything is gradually on the right track, and the economy will gradually return to a state of rapid development.
Nowadays, our country'sThe scientific research ability and technical level are constantly improvingCompared with doing cheap OEM, everyone is striving to transform to independent research and development, and with the continuous enhancement of original capabilities, many companies have stronger competitiveness than before.
Our domestic enterprises have also realized the importance of "brand effect", and at the same time they will do a good job in productsMore and more attention is paid to the construction of brand imageThe two complement each other, and the business will go to the next level.
Today, although the number of companies on the list of "Fortune 500" in China has been among the best, only the United States can compete with us, butThis is not the end of our progress, such a pattern will not be set in stone.
In the near future, there is a high probability that more Chinese companies will become "Fortune 500".
On the surface, the list of "Fortune 500" reflects the competition between enterprises, but in essence, this list is also to a large extentA side of the level of economic development and the degree of stability of various countries
Today, China's GDP value ranks second in the world, second only to the United States, as the world's second largest economyChina's economic strength is undoubtedly very strongIt is also reasonable to be able to compete with the United States in the list of "Fortune 500".
Judging from the current speed of economic development in our countryIt is not impossible to surpass the superpower of the United States one dayAt that time, there will be more Chinese companies on the "Fortune 500" list.
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