In 1995, the world-renowned magazine "Fortune" dropped a bombshell to the world, revealing the current Fortune 500 companies for the first timeAnd which country dominates this list?
In the nineties of the last century, after the announcement of this list, it attracted widespread attention from various countries, among which the United States and Japan accounted for two-thirds of the total number of the world's top 500 enterprises, but only three companies in China were shortlisted at that time, and the gap between Japan, the United States and other countries is very large.
However, with the continuous deepening of reform and opening up, China's economic strength has also increased rapidly, and now more than 20 years have passedAmong the world's top 500 companies, have Chinese enterprises improved?
As early as 1955, the world-renowned magazine "Fortune" has selected a list of the world's top 500, which was the tenth year after the end of World War II, and it was the period of economic upswing in the United StatesAll of the companies on the list are American, so the value of providing them to the world is not very large.
Unexpectedly, this list was delayed for 40 years, and it was not until 1995 that the magazine "Fortune" really made a list of the world's top 500 companies publicSpecifically, the specific ranking of the world's top 500 companies in 1995 is displayed.
At that time, it was not easy to be on the top 500 of the world's enterprises compiled by Fortune magazine, because being on the list was enough to prove that the company's benefits were very considerable, and it was also a reference value for countries around the world.
In the list released for the first time, Japanese companies were in the limelight, with a total of 149 companies shortlisted, becoming the second country after the United States, when Japan was at the peak of its historical GDP, and the economy and capital were abundantIn the world, it is also an existence that can be compared with the United States.
However, at that time, China did not have such a high total domestic product, and in Asia, Japan's GDP was the highest, and it was also second only to the United States in the world, and Japan, as the world's second largest economy, did not take the United States seriously at all, because they always wanted to surpass the United States.
At that time, the Japanese economy ushered in the first period, with a wide range of enterprises, and in the world's automotive industry, there were 6 Japanese companies on the listBut what people didn't expect was that the 95-year Japanese economic ** period was not the beginning, but the peak.
Among the top 500 enterprises in the world, led by the United States and Japan, China's overall economic level is not high, and the gap between China and them is still very large.
We have to admit that in the last century, China lagged far behind the United States, Japan, and Europe in both the field of science and technology and economic developmentThe United States and Japan can be called the hegemons of the Fortune 500 company.
Although the history of the United States is short, but in terms of economic strength, they are beyond reproach to catch up with the forefront of the world, as the world's developed countries, the United States has almost become the world's hegemon in terms of economy, in this country, all walks of life are relatively developed, which is also the reason why the United States has become the world's top 500 enterprises.
Among the top 500 companies in the United States, there is a company that is very special, according to China's perspective, this company is similar to a supermarket, that is, the famous American company 'Wal-Mart'Not only is it on the list, but it has also been the top of the world's top 500 companies for many times.
Wal-Mart's economic income reached nearly 4 trillion yuan, which is a very shocking data, in the last century, Wal-Mart's high income is basically the sum of the GDP of several provinces in China, responsibly speaking, Chinese companies still need a lot of effort to be on an equal footing with Wal-Mart in the United States.
Secondly, the American company Amazon is not incompetent, the company's GDP has also reached 3 trillion yuan, in the nineties of the last century, with the popularization of Internet technology, Amazon's development is so rapidBasically, it is inseparable from the development of Internet technology.
Especially in the 21st century, where Internet technology should be highly deserved, Amazon's turnover will only increase, and the fundamental reason why the United States can have such a strong economy is inseparable from the existence of large enterprises, and Wal-Mart and Amazon are not the only ones who occupy a dominant position in the industry.
At the height of the Internet's development, Google was also the same existence as 'everyone', and secondly, Apple's global sales were also considerable, and as it approached the 21st centuryThe United States has left Japan, which is on a par with itself, far behind.
The world's top 500, what a desirable place, it not only represents the real strength of an enterprise, but also represents the influence of a country, to be able to enter the world's top 500 in this rapidly changing world has experienced the test of events.
However, the ranking of the world's top 500 companies is not static, every year there will be new companies rushing to the list, and there are also companies that have occupied many years and lagged behind others, and these changes are nothing more than changes in the country's economic situationand the trend of the industry has been somewhat volatile.
In 2002, the United States was at the peak of the world's top 500 companies, with a total of 197 companies shortlisted, which is also the seven years since the list was published by Fortune magazine.
In the 10s of the 21st century, the United States was still the dominant player in the world economy, and many companies were visible in the world's top 500, but after entering the twenties, the economic development of the United States had problemsThe number of Fortune 500 companies on the list has also changed.
But in the final analysis, the United States still has some capital that can gain a foothold in the world economic system, and it can be said that the strength of the United States is still strong, so how did Japan, which walked side by side with the United States, develop?
Although Japan is a small country, it has a large population, with its rapid economic development, coupled with the support of the United States after the end of World War II in the last centuryIt is not uncommon for Japan to achieve such a high level of development in 50 years.
In 1995, Japan was one of the Fortune 500 magazines, and it was thought that Japan would be able to surpass the United States in the days to come.
In 1997, compared with the first public ranking of the top 500 companies, Japan was hemorrhagic this time, with only 107 companies shortlisted, a difference of more than 70 companies from the United StatesJapan will not be able to keep up with the United States for almost no time.
As time passed, Japan also fell into economic stagnation, and the 30-year stagnation began quietly in Japan, and not only that, but with the severe aging of Japan, Japan's economy has created some burdens, resulting in no way to catch up with the United States.
These problems make it difficult for Japan to achieve economic growth, and the number of Fortune 500 companies in the list is decreasing year by year, and even as Japan's economy declines, the number of American companies on the list is also increasing, so Japan will not be able to reach the height of its peak.
Think about 95 years, among the top 20 of the world's top 500 companies, how strong Japan was, more than half of the ranking companies were from Japan, such quality could be completely better than the United States at that timeHowever, the good times were short-lived, and the arrival of the financial crisis left Japan with no way back.
In 08, Japan's performance in the list of the world's top 500 companies took a big turn, and this year, the world was shrouded in the darkness of the financial crisis, many countries were hit hard, and the total economic output of European countries had problemsGermany, which ranked third on the list that year, is also struggling to support.
In 2021, only 53 Japanese companies entered the list of the world's top 500, which is nearly three times different from their peak.
In 1995, among the world's top 500 enterprises, only three of them were state-owned enterprisesIt was not until the later period that Tencent, Huawei and other companies began to emerge in the list of the world's top 500.
From 1955 to the present, the global economic landscape has been constantly evolving, the most striking of which is the rise of China, which has been continuously improving and developing at a speed that many people find unbelievable in the 40 years since the reform and opening up.
In the first decade of the 21st century, China has been improving almost every day, catching up with other countries every year, according to the number of companies entering the world's top 500 every five years, China is improving, and in 2010 surpassed Japan to become the world's second largest economy.
Judging from some data, we can easily see that more than 30 years ago, China's economic situation was not good, and there were few Fortune 500 companies that could be shortlisted, but in 2010, there were 54 Chinese companies shortlisted, and since then, a period of rapid development has arrived.
By 2012, 73 companies in China entered the world's top 500, which was also the year that surpassed the Japanese shortlisted enterprises, second only to the United States, which dominated the list, in less than 20 yearsChina has the ability to leave Japan behind, which shows that China's economic development is so rapid.
In 2021, China will rank first in the world's top 500 companies with 143 companies, leaving the United States behind in less than ten years, but judging from the top ten shortlists, China is still far behind the United States, but it is likely to catch up with the United States in the future.
Since 1996, China has been growing, and the rapid development is mainly inseparable from China's industrial development, which is far ahead in the world, and many large-scale equipment and infrastructure are from China, and the global influence has also increased under this development.
Similarly, China's development is inseparable from the foreign policy of economic strategy, so that Chinese products go global, and in 2023, the world's top 500 companies published by Fortune magazine have already been announcedChinese companies were shortlisted for 142 companies this time, ranking first in an orderly manner.
Fortune magazine still has a certain authority and reference, although its selection work and standards are based on the company's actress as the criterion for judging, although simple, but also to achieve fairness, or worthy of everyone as a certain reference data.
In the past 30 years, the number of Chinese companies shortlisted in the world's top 500 companies has increased many times, from the previous US dominance to the current China and the United States, it can be said how much effort has been made, but in the comprehensive aspect,There is still a gap between China and the United States, after all, the economic development of the United States has lasted for a long time.
References:1.Fortune: 2023 Fortune Global 500 Ranking - fortune Chinese.comcom)
2 Beijing**: The world's top 500 companies in 2023 are released, and the number of Chinese companies on the list ranks first in the world (baidu.).com)