Agricultural Bank of China

Agricultural Bank of China Limited (ABC, simplified Chinese: 中国农业银行股份有限公司; traditional Chinese: 中國農業銀行股份有限公司; pinyin: Zhōngguó Nóngyè Yínháng), also known as AgBank, is one of the "Big Four" banks in the People's Republic of China. It was founded in 1951, and has its headquarters in Beijing. It has branches throughout mainland China, and also in Hong Kong and Singapore.

ABC has 320 million retail customers, 2.7 million corporate clients, and nearly 24,000 branches. It is China's third largest lender by assets. ABC went public in 2010, fetching the world's biggest ever initial public offering (IPO).

Air China

Air China (SEHK: 0753, LSE: AIRC, SSE: 601111) (simplified Chinese: 中国国际航空公司; traditional Chinese: 中國國際航空公司; pinyin: Zhōngguó Guójì Hángkōng Gōngsī; literally "China International Airlines Company", abbreviated 国航) is one of the major airlines of People's Republic of China based at Beijing Capital International Airport. Air China takes the responsibility of special flight task for Chinese national leaders visiting abroad which demonstrates the exclusive status as the national flag carrier. The enterprise logo of Air China is an artistic Phoenix pattern, the Chinese version of “Air China Limited” written by former national leader Deng Xiaoping, and its English translation “AIR CHINA”. The Phoenix logo is also the artistic transfiguration of the word “VIP”. Air China is a member of Star Alliance.

Air China is world's 10th largest airline by fleet size. The airline carried 41.28 million domestic and international passengers in 2009, which ranked behind its main competitors China Southern Airlines and China Eastern Airlines. However, Air China is the most profitable airline in China and world's largest carrier by market value. The airline posted a profit of CNY4.85 billion ($711.5 million) in 2009.[2] As of December 14, 2010, Air China was announced by the International Air Transport Association as the world's largest airline by market capitalisation with a worth of $20 billion.

Aluminum Corporation of China Limited

Aluminum Corporation of China Limited, also known as Chalco or Chinalco (SEHK: 2600, NYSE: ACH, SSE: 601600), is the only producer of alumina and the largest producer of primary aluminum in the People's Republic of China. Chalco is a member of the SSE 50. It is the world’s second largest alumina producer and the third largest primary aluminum producer.

Baosteel

Shanghai Baosteel Group Corporation (SSE: 600019) (Chinese: 上海宝钢集团公司; pinyin: Shànghǎi Bǎogāng Jítuán Gōngsī), commonly referred to as Baosteel (Chinese: 宝钢; pinyin: Bǎogāng) is the largest Chinese iron and steel conglomerate. It is a state-owned enterprise, headquartered in Shanghai.

Baosteel is the 3rd-largest steel producer in the world, ranked by crude steel output (see list of steel producers). It employs 108,914 employees, revenues of $21.5 billion and a mix of high-quality products. Baosteel is the largest steel producer in China, with a crude steel production capacity of about 20 million tons. China's total steel production for 2006 was 381.5 million tons.

Baosteel's IPO on the Shanghai Stock Exchange in 2000 was the largest in China up to that time, raising CNY 7.7 billion despite being limited to domestic investors only.

CITIC Securities

CITIC Securities Company Limited (SSE: 600030) is engaged in securities business in China, including securities brokerage, investment banking, asset management, securities investment, stock and bond trading, stock market research and consulting services. It was established in 1999 and it is headquartered in Shenzhen, Guangdong. Its parent company is CITIC Group.

China COSCO

China COSCO Holdings Company Limited (SEHK: 1919,SSE: 601919) (short form "China COSCO") was established in the People's Republic of China in 2005. It is the listed flagship and subsidiary of China Ocean Shipping (Group) Company ("COSCO Group"), the largest integrated shipping company in China and the second largest in the world. It provides a wide range of container shipping, dry bulk shipping, third party logistics, freight forwarding, Terminal and container leasing domestically and internationally. It is headquartered in Beijing.

Its H shares and A shares were listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and Shanghai Stock Exchange in 2005 and 2007 respectively.

China Coal Energy Company

The China Coal Energy Company Limited (SEHK: 1898),(SSE: 601898) (Traditional Chinese:中國中煤能源有限公司, Simplified Chinese: 中国中煤能源有限公司) (short form: China Coal or China Coal Energy) is the second largest coal mining state-owned enterprise in Mainland China, just after China Shenhua Energy Company, and the third largest coal mining enterprise in the world. It owns 12 coal mines (9 in operation, 3 under development), 13 coal processing plants, 5 coking plants, 4 coal mining equipment manufacturing plants, and 2 mine design institutes.

China Construction Bank

China Construction Bank (CCB) SSE: 601939 SEHK: 0939 (simplified Chinese: 中国建设银行; traditional Chinese: 中國建設銀行; pinyin: Zhōngguó Jiànshè Yínháng; often abbreviated as 建行) is one of the 'big four' banks in the People's Republic of China. To date, it is ranked as the nation's second largest and the second largest bank in the world by market capitalization. The bank has approximately 13,629 domestic branches. In addition, it maintains overseas branches in Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Johannesburg, New York, Seoul, Singapore, Tokyo, and Sydney, and a wholly-owned subsidiary in London. Its total assets reached 8.7 trillion RMB in 2009.

China Life Insurance Company

The China Life Insurance Company Limited (short China Life, simplified Chinese: 中国人寿保险; pinyin: Zhōngguó rénshòu bǎoxiǎn) is a Beijing-based China-incorporated company that provides life insurance and annuity products.

China Merchants Bank

China Merchants Bank (CMB) (simplified Chinese: 招商银行; pinyin: Zhāoshāng Yínháng SEHK: 3968, SSE: 600036) is a bank headquartered in Shenzhen, China. Founded in 1987, it is the first share-holding commercial bank wholly owned by corporate legal entities.

CMB has over five hundred branches in mainland China and one in Hong Kong. In November 2007, as part of a drive for international growth, it won federal approval to open a branch in New York.

China Metallurgical Group Corporation

China Metallurgical Group Corporation (Chinese: 中国冶金科工集团公司), (MCC), is a state-owned enterprise in Beijing, China, engaging in EPC (engineering, procurement and construction), natural resources exploitation, papermaking, equipment fabrication, real estate development. MCC is one of the largest equipment manufacturers in China, and the only central-owned enterprise that is authorized to run pulp-making and papermaking businesses in China and overseas.

Its subsidiary, China Metallurgical Corporation Limited (Chinese: 中国冶金科工股份有限公司) (SSE: 601618),(SEHK: 1618), co-invested by China Metallurgical Group Corporation and Baosteel Group Corporation (Baosteel), was established in 2008. Its A shares and H shares were listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange and Hong Kong Stock Exchange in 2009 respectively.

China Pacific Insurance

China Pacific Insurance Group (SSE: 601601,SEHK: 2601), or CPIC Group, was established on the basis of the former China Pacific Insurance Company, which was founded in 1991. Its headquarters are in Shanghai.

CPIC Group is the second largest property insurance company (after People's Insurance Company of China) and the third largest life insurance company (after China Life Insurance and Ping An Insurance) in Mainland China. It provides integrated insurance services, including life insurance, property insurance and reinsurance, through its subsidiaries.

China Railway Construction Corporation

The China Railway Construction Corporation (SEHK: 1186),(SSE: 601186) (traditional Chinese: 中國鐵建 or traditional Chinese: 中國鐵道建築總公司, simplified Chinese: 中国铁建 simplified Chinese: 中国铁道建筑总公司), or simply CRCC, is the second largest state-owned construction enterprise in the People's Republic of China, just after China Railway Engineering Corporation. Its headquarter is in Beijing.

Formerly the railway arm of the People's Liberation Army, CRCC is engaged in the businesses of construction contracting, surveying, design and consultation, industrial manufacturing, exploitation of real estate, capital operation and logistics. It is currently China's largest construction contractor and the world's sixth construction contractor.

CRCC is under the supervision by the State Council of the People's Republic of China.

China Railway Engineering Corporation

The China Railway Engineering Corporation (Traditional Chinese:中國中鐵 or 中國鐵路工程總公司, Simplified Chinese: 中国中铁 or 中国铁路工程总公司), or simply CREC, is a large-scale state-owned enterprise in the People's Republic of China.

The corporation runs a spectrum of businesses covering surveying and designing, construction and installation, manufacturing, R&D, technical consulting, capital management as well as international economic and trade activities. Its headquarters are located in Beijing.

CREC is under the supervision by the State Council of the People's Republic of China.

China Shenhua Energy Company

China Shenhua Energy Company (SEHK: 1088, SSE: 601088) (Traditional Chinese:中國神華能源公司, Simplified Chinese: 中国神华能源公司) (in short form China Shenhua or Shenhua) is the largest coal mining state-owned enterprise in Mainland China, and the second largest coal mining enterprise in the world, just after the Peabody Energy which is headquartered in the United States. It is a subsidiary of Shenhua Group. It is engaged in the production and sale of coal and the generation and sale of electric power in the PRC. It operates coal mines as well as an integrated railway network and a seaport that are primarily used to transport its coal. It also operates power plants in the PRC which are engaged in the generation and sales of coal-based power to provincial and regional electric companies.

China South Locomotive & Rolling Stock Corporation Limited

China South Locomotive & Rolling Stock Corporation Limited (CSR) (SEHK: 1766, SSE: 601766) is a state-owned enterprise supervised by the State Council of the People's Republic of China. It is the world's largest manufacturer of electric locomotives.

China Unicom

China Unicom or China United Netcom (Hong Kong) Ltd (Chinese: 中国联合网络通信公司，中国联通), (SEHK: 0762 SSE: 600050 NYSE: CHU), is a telecommunications operator in the People's Republic of China.

China Unicom (BVI) Limited effectively holds 40.92% of the company and China Netcom Group (BVI) Limited holds 29.49%, while the remainder is traded on the Shanghai, Hong Kong and the New York stock exchanges. Both majority shareholders are state controlled enterprises.

China Yangtze Power

China Yangtze Power (SSE: 600900) (CYPC) is a Chinese utilities company, headquartered in Beijing. The company is listed on the SSE 50 Index on the Shanghai Stock Exchange. A controlling share is held by the parent company China Three Gorges Corporation (CTGPC，中国长江三峡集团公司), a Central Enterprise under SASAC.

Daqin Railway Company Limited

Daqin Railway Company Limited (SSE: 601006) is a SSE 50 company that operates several railways in China, most famously the Daqin Railway, a 653 km coal-transport railway in north China built during 1985 - 1992. Besides Daqin railway, It also operates several railway lines, with a total length of 1000 km. The company is based in Datong, Shanxi. It was listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange in 2006 with IPO capital raising of $1.9 billion US dollars.

GD Power Development Company

GD Power Development Company (SSE: 600795), or Guodian Power Development Company, the subsidiary of China Guodian Corporation, engages in the generation and supply of power and heat. It was founded in 1992 and was listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange in 1997. It is headquartered in Beijing, the People's Republic of China.

Haitong Securities

Haitong Securities Co. (SSE: 600837) is a major securities firm in China.

It provides services in stocks and futures brokerage, as well as investment banking, corporate finance, M&A, asset management, mutual fund, and private equity.

It was listed in Shanghai Stock Exchange in July 2007 through backdoor listing, and is now worth more than the $17.9 billion market capitalization of Bear Stearns Cos., the fifth-biggest U.S. securities company.

Hua Xia Bank

Hua Xia Bank (simplified Chinese: 华夏银行) (SSE: 600015) is a state-controlled publicly traded bank in the People's Republic of China. It is based in Beijing and was founded in 1992. Germany's Deutsche Bank holds 19.99% of the bank's shares as of 2010.

Industrial and Commercial Bank of China

Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd. (ICBC) (simplified Chinese: 中国工商银行; traditional Chinese: 中國工商銀行; pinyin: Zhōngguó Gōngshāng Yínháng, more commonly just 工行 Gōngháng) is the largest bank in the world by profit and market capitalization. It is one of China's 'Big Four' state-owned commercial banks (the other three being the Bank of China, Agricultural Bank of China, and China Construction Bank). It was founded as a limited company on January 1, 1984. As of 2009, it had assets of RMB 11 trillion (US$1.6 trillion), with over 18,000 outlets including 106 overseas branches and agents globally.

Industrial Bank Co.

Industrial Bank Co., Ltd. SSE: 601166 (simplified Chinese: 兴业银行; traditional Chinese: 興業銀行; pinyin: Xīngyè Yínháng) is a bank based in Fuzhou, Fujian, China.

Jiangxi Copper

Jiangxi Copper (simplified Chinese: 江西铜业; traditional Chinese: 江西銅業) (SEHK: 358),(SSE: 600362,OTCBB: JIXAY) is the largest copper producer in Mainland China. Its operations include copper mining, milling, smelting and refining to produce copper-related products, including pyrite concentrates, sulfuric acid and electrolytic gold and silver. Its chairman is Mr. Li Yuhuang and its headquarter is located at Guixi, Jiangxi, China.

Jiangxi Copper is China's largest copper producer, and manufactures 340,000 tons of copper annually from its mines, which include the Dexing and Yongping pits and the Wushan underground mine.

Jinduicheng Molybdenum

Jinduicheng Molybdenum Group Mining Corporation (SSE: 601958) is a Chinese company which is engaged in molybdenum production, sales and manufacturing. This company provides molybdenum charging materials, including roasted molybdenum concrete powder and ferromolybdenum; molybdenum metal products, including molybdenum powder, molybdenum slabs, molybdenum rods and molybdenum wires, among others, as well as molybdenum chemical products, including ammonium molybdate, molybdenum disulfide and molybdenum oxide, among others.

Kweichow Moutai Company

Kweichow Moutai Company Limited (SSE: 600519) is a state-owned enterprise in China, specializing in the production and sales of Maotai liquor, together with the production and sale of beverage, food and packaging material, development of anti-counterfeiting technology, research and development of relevant IT products.

Its A shares were listed in the Shanghai Stock Exchange in 2001. It is one of the stocks listed in Shanghai which the share price is over 100 yuan.

Minsheng Banking Corp

China Minsheng Bank (simplified Chinese: 中国民生银行; traditional Chinese: 中國民生銀行; pinyin: Zhōngguó Mínshēng Yínháng) (SSE: 600016, SEHK: 1988), founded on January 12, 1996 in Beijing, is the first bank in China to be owned mostly by non-government enterprises. The bank was founded by Jing Shuping, a Chinese lawyer and businessman who become prominent in the People's Republic of China after the nation's founding in 1949.

Minsheng Bank has over two hundred banking outlets throughout China and relationships with more than seven hundred banks overseas. The bank was publicly listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in 2009.

PetroChina

PetroChina Company Limited (simplified Chinese: 中国石油天然气股份有限公司, traditional Chinese: 中國石油天然氣股份有限公司) (SEHK: 0857, SSE: 601857, NYSE: PTR) is a Chinese oil company and is the listed arm of state-owned China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), headquartered in Dongcheng District, Beijing. It is China's biggest oil producer, and is the world's most valuable company by market value as of September 28th 2010. Traded in Hong Kong and New York, the mainland enterprise announced its plans to issue stock in Shanghai in November 2007, and following its debut on the Shanghai index, its market value tripled, making PetroChina the first company to reach a trillion dollar market capitalization.

Ping An Insurance

Ping An (Chinese: 中国平安; pinyin: Zhōngguó Píng Ān), full name Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China, Ltd. is a holding company whose subsidiaries mainly deal with insurance and financial services. The company was founded in 1988 and has its headquarters in Shenzhen.

Poly Real Estate

Poly Real Estate Group Company Limited (SSE: 600048) is a large state-owned real estate enterprise held by China Poly Group principally engaged in the design, development, construction and sale of residential and commercial properties, as well as the provision of property management services. It is engaged in residential and commercial property development and property management services in China.

Poly Real Estate is headquartered in Guangzhou, Guangdong. It was listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange in 1992.

Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation

The Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation (SSE: 600104) (simplified Chinese: 上海汽车工业(集团)总公司; traditional Chinese: 上海汽車工業(集團)總公司; pinyin: Shànghǎi Qìchē Gōngyè (Jítuán) Zǒnggōngsī; abbreviated 上汽 Shàngqì or SAIC, pronounced /ˈseɪ.ɨk/) is a government-owned Chinese automobile manufacturer.

One of the "Big Five" Chinese automakers, SAIC participates in the oldest surviving foreign-Chinese joint venture with Volkswagen. It also has a joint venture with GM.

SAIC Motor and its joint ventures in China sold 2.72 million vehicles in 2009.

Shanghai Pudong Development Bank

Shanghai Pudong Development Bank Co. Ltd (SPDB), (SSE: 600000) incorporated on January 9, 1993 with the approval of the People's Bank of China (August 28, 1992), is a joint-stock commercial bank with its headquarters located in Shanghai.

Shanghai Pudong Development Bank issued a 400 million A-share offer on September 23, 1993 on the Shanghai Stock Exchange. It became the first shareholding commercial bank to list with both Central Bank and China Securities Regulatory Commission’s approval since the enactment of "Commercial Bank Law" and "Securities Law". Thus, the registered capital reached RMB 2.41 billion. 320 million shares of the issue were listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange on November 10, 1999 (stock code 600000).

Sinopec

China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (SSE: 600028, NYSE: SNP, HKEX: 0386), or Sinopec Corp. (simplified Chinese: 中国石化, traditional Chinese: 中國石化), is one of the major petroleum companies in China, headquartered in Chaoyang District, Beijing. Sinopec's business includes oil and gas exploration, refining, and marketing; production and sales of petrochemicals, chemical fibers, chemical fertilizers, and other chemical products; storage and pipeline transportation of crude oil and natural gas; import, export and import/export agency business of crude oil, natural gas, refined oil products, petrochemicals, and other chemicals. In 2009, it was ranked 9th by Fortune Global 500 becoming the first Chinese corporation to make the top ten and in 2010 it was ranked 7th. In 2007, it ranked first in the Top 500 Enterprises of China ranking.

Western Mining Company

Western Mining Company Limited (SSE: 601168) is a private company in northwest China engaged in the mining, smelting, and trading of alloy and metal minerals, including copper, lead, zinc, iron, manganese, gold, silver, and aluminum. It is headquartered in Xining, Qinghai. It is currently China’s second-largest producer of lead concentrate, fourth-largest producer of zinc concentrate, and seventh-biggest producer of copper concentrate with extraction rights in many metal mines overseas.

Wuhan Iron and Steel

Wuhan Iron and Steel (Group) Corp. (WISCO) (武汉钢铁（集团）公司 pinyin: Wǔhàn Gāngtiě（Jítuán) Gōngsī) was founded in 1958 in Qingshan, Wuhan, Hubei, China. It was China's first supergiant iron and steel complex. Annually, the company produces ten million tons of iron and steel each. (pinyin source: Cozy Website)

Its subsidiary, Wuhan Iron and Steel Company Limited (SSE: 600005), was listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange in 1999.

Zijin Mining

Zijin Mining or Zijin (SEHK: 2899,SSE: 601899) (simplified Chinese: 紫金矿业; traditional Chinese: 紫金礦業; pinyin: zǐ jīn kuàng yè) is a leading Chinese gold, copper and non-ferrous metals producer and refiner in Mainland China. It is one of the largest Chinese gold producer in China. It now operates the Zijinshan Gold Mine, the largest open pit gold mine in China, and other three gold mines in production.