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The results of the world's first top 500 selection are 149 from Japan, 151 from the United States, and 3 from China
Economically, China is currently a veritable second-largest country, with a GDP much higher than Germany, which ranks third, and Japan, which ranks fourth. Some of you know that it has not been easy for China to get to where it is today. From being poor and unable to eat enough to today's prosperity, our country has not only been loyal to New China, but has also pushed New China to a new height. What did New China rely on to get to where it is today? Economic, of course.
At any given time, an underdeveloped economy alone is not enough. The economy is not good, it goes without saying, neither development, nor the market, nor the armed forces. Economic development is the first, now in addition to GDP data, you can see that China's economy has gradually developed, there is also a list you can take a look at, that is, the Forbes list of the world's top 500 companies.
As early as 1995, the Forbes Global 500 list included Chinese companies for the first time, and three companies were selected at one time. Perhaps everyone can guess that the first time on the list is of course China's pillar state-owned enterprises, namely the Bank of China, which looked at China's banking industry at that time, and Sinopec, the energy pillar, and the last one is China's grain and oil, which is related to China's national economy and people's livelihood.
At that time, at the same time that the United States and Japan were regular users of the Forbes 500, it can almost be said that the Forbes list was commissioned by the United States and Japan, which are such developed countries that only the United States and Japan each have more than 100 companies in the top 500. However, China is no longer what it used to be, and as the world's second-largest economy, don't our Fortune 500 companies also surpass the United States and Japan?
Let's first review the history of China's economic development over the years. In fact, people who know a little bit of history know very well that during the Qing Dynasty, even at the end of the period, under the rule of the Qing Dynasty, China's economic strength was still very strong, which is why so many great powers always wanted to ask us for money, but they didn't dare to say that they wanted to swallow China. This is economic intimidation, because we can afford to build ships and guns if we want to. But at that time, the Qing ** was incompetent, blindly compromised, and paid China as much as he could, so it was difficult to resist.
Later, the Qing ** was overthrown, and although it seemed that there was a new regime, it still represented the big landlord class, exploiting the common people, making the lives of the common people more difficult, and the country's economy more difficult, not to mention the huge amount of money owed to foreign countries. It was not until the founding of the People's Republic of China that these powerless treaties of loss of power and humiliation of the country were directly abolished, and efforts were made to feed the common people. The victory in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea enabled China to develop with peace of mind. China's reform and opening up has begun.
Of the three companies on the Forbes 500 list, while China seems to be on the rise, the United States is at 151st on the list compared to the United States in the same period. General Motors, Ford Motor Co., and Mobil Oil Company of the United States are among the top 10. Japan, on the other hand, is the second largest economy in the name of 149 in the same period, and even in one year, the number of Japanese companies in the Forbes top 10 exceeded six, which means that Japan has even surpassed the United States to some extent.
What about China? When the People's Republic of China was founded in 1949, its GDP was just over $300 billion, but today it has reached 126 trillion yuan. In less than 80 years, we have completely solved the problem of food and clothing, so that everyone can live a good life. More importantly, whether it is integrated circuits, aerospace or high-speed railways, China is in a leading position in the world in the field of science and technology.
Since China began to appear on the Forbes list, the number of Chinese companies on the list has been increasing. So far, there are 142 companies on the Forbes list in China. Whereas there were only three companies in the top 500 before, there are now three in the top 10, namely PetroChina, State Grid and China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation.
What was Japan like at that time? Japan is no longer very good. At that time, 6 of the 10 largest companies in Japan were Japanese companies, but now there are no Japanese companies in the top 10 companies, and even among all 500 of the largest companies, only about 40 are Japanese companies. Today, Japan's severe aging population and fierce social conflicts are already putting the brakes on the Japanese economy.
On the contrary, what the hell is wrong with the United States? Although some people now say that the United States is not good and not as good as before, the economic strength of the United States is still beyond doubt. Of the world's 500 largest companies, more than 130 are U.S. companies. Although the number of Fortune 500 companies in the United States is not as large as in China, it ranks relatively highly, and the companies are very strong in the field of basic technology.