State-owned enterprises, how they work -- all these issues I think have to be resolved.
About half of bank lending goes to state-owned enterprises, although that share is falling.
Many state-owned enterprises are now attempting to implement different forms of workers' control, with mixed results.
China's state-owned enterprises have won contracts to build railways, houses and power stations in the country.
But in China, all the carriers are state-owned enterprises (SOEs) reporting to the State Council.
In addition, FAI by private companies has outpaced that of state-owned enterprises for 17 consecutive months.
In particular, it is claimed that the bulk of bank loans went to state-owned enterprises.
Powerful state-owned enterprises, used to cheap credit, land and energy, will resist threats to these privileges.
In urban areas, state-owned enterprises usually covered at least 90 percent of medical expenses for their employees.
Bank jobs were perceived as safe and lifelong, on par with jobs in government and state-owned enterprises.
Much work remains to be done, from the reform of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) to boosting social-security provisions.
But GM's big Chinese partner SAIC Motor is on the list, as are many other largely state-owned enterprises.
But orders from on high can't change the dearth of funding for Y2K remediation at large state-owned enterprises.
It'll mean making deep changes to old industries like Wuhan Iron and Steel, reforming China's giant state-owned enterprises.
The importance of such human investment is also dawning on an unlikely business sector: China's threadbare state-owned enterprises.
To date, however, the banking system has shortchanged depositors so that it can provide inexpensive credit to state-owned enterprises.
Most of the companies accused of impropriety are privately run, not state-owned enterprises.
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The government also reduced tax rates for small enterprises while maintaining tax rates for larger corporations, including state-owned enterprises.
Those who do are mostly civil servants and the staff of state-owned enterprises.
The government continues its efforts to reduce unemployment, to encourage direct foreign investment, and to privatize remaining state-owned enterprises.
While central government finances and household debt are in good shape, corporate debt is a worry among inefficient state-owned enterprises.
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KfW backs export-oriented firms and small businesses, lending at low rates, and deals with the privatisation of German state-owned enterprises.
The transition also involves changes of officials and bureaucrats across the country at state-owned enterprises, government departments and local agencies.
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New Zealand's electricity is generated by two state-owned enterprises and transmitted by a third to retail companies such as Mercury.
Beijing recently announced that its top economic priority in the coming years was the overhaul of chronically inefficient state-owned enterprises.
They are dominated by state-owned enterprises, which can count on cheap loans and energy from China's state-owned banks and utilities.
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The existence of widespread shadow banking serving the private sector, however, indicates that state-owned enterprises have much easier access to credit.
Rather than bracing themselves for sale, takeover or closure, the bigger state-owned enterprises in the region are pinning their hopes on bail-outs.
Meanwhile, Chinese colleges will continue to arrange employment for non-paying students by posting them to jobs in government departments or state-owned enterprises.
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