With the widespread use of digital technologies such as cloud computing, big data, and the Internet of Things, the digital economy is being deeply integrated with the real economy, and a number of new entities with both physical genes and digital technology capabilities have emerged as the times require.
Recently, the China Enterprise Evaluation Association released the “2022 Top 100 New Entity Enterprises” and its development report, with State Grid, JD.com, and Huawei among the top three. Also on the list are BOE, Fii, Haier Smart Home, BYD, Midea, Xiaomi, HKUST Xunfei and other companies, including emerging industries such as Xinchuang, new energy, and advanced manufacturing, as well as digital transformation from traditional industries. An upgraded leading company.
Manufacturing is the main front
New-type physical enterprises refer to the types of enterprises spawned by the deep integration of digital technology and the real economy. This type of enterprise not only belongs to the real industry, but also serves the real industry. The role of social responsibility accessibility is characterized by “substantiality”, “technology” and “ecological inclusiveness”.
As the epitome of new entity enterprises, Liu Lijia, secretary-general of the China Enterprise Evaluation Association, introduced the overall situation of the TOP100 new entity enterprises in 2022.
Liu Lijia said that the top 100 enterprises have strong comprehensive strength and have the potential to become world-class enterprises. Compared with 2021, the 2022 top 100 list of new entity enterprises has a change rate of 45%. The reason for the change in the list is: first, the digital empowerment score of the supply chain has promoted a number of companies to improve their ranking; second, a new batch of central enterprises and local state-owned enterprises with high digitalization achievements have been shortlisted, which has led to the adjustment of the list structure.
Compared with related lists, among the top 100 new entity enterprises in 2022, 32 enterprises have entered the 2021 Fortune Global 500 list, and 45 enterprises have entered the 2021 China Top 500 enterprise list, indicating that new entity enterprises The average size of the top 100 companies is relatively large, their operating income is at an upper-middle level, and their comprehensive strength is strong; among the 55 private companies among the top 100 companies, 21 companies have entered the list of China’s top 500 private companies in 2021.
The new entity enterprise form model conforms to the characteristics of “new industry, new business form, and new business model”, and most of them have entered the ranks of “three new economies”. Among the top 100 companies, there are 72 new economy companies, 54 of which are shortlisted for the top 500 new economy companies. From the perspective of industry distribution, the manufacturing industry is the main industry, supplemented by the information service industry. Among the top 100 new entity enterprises in 2022, there are 60 manufacturing enterprises, including 36 advanced manufacturing enterprises, 27 information transmission, software and information technology service enterprises, 5 electric power, heat, gas and water production and supply enterprises, and transportation enterprises. There are 4 companies in the transportation, warehousing and postal industries, and 2 companies in the mining industry and agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry and fishery.
New entity enterprises have become the key force to promote the integration and innovation of digital and real
According to statistics from the China Enterprise Evaluation Association, new-type physical enterprises are the key force to promote the integration and innovation of digital and real. Among the top 100 enterprises, more than 60% belong to emerging industries such as smart manufacturing, smart transportation, and smart logistics, and 30% belong to digital transformation and upgrading of traditional physical industries, and industrial digitalization accounts for more than 90%. Only 8 companies belong to the digital industry chemical enterprise.
The total R&D investment of the top 100 companies in 2021 is 648.1 billion yuan, and 56,000 new invention patents have been added, showing the characteristics of “both high” in technological innovation and output; the average proportion of R&D personnel is 26%, which is higher than the average value of A-share listed companies 17%. Taking the above-listed company Huawei as an example, Huawei’s R&D expenditure in 2021 will be 142.7 billion yuan, accounting for about 22.4% of its annual revenue.
At the same time as their own technological innovation, new entity enterprises also export digital technology services to the outside world, becoming a “digital base” that helps thousands of industries upgrade production processes and improve operating efficiency. From the perspective of supply chain empowerment, 65 companies have assumed the role of supply chain digital service providers and played the role of digital infrastructure; among them, 95% of the companies have used the smart supply chain platform; 89% of the companies provide their own supply chain Smart supply chain services are provided within the chain, and 20% of enterprises are also providing services and application solutions for more external supply chains. Judging from the development trend of new entity enterprises, the external service of smart supply chain will become a new growth point.
The “ecological inclusiveness” of new entity enterprises not only benefits the upstream and downstream of the supply chain industry chain, but also reflects in the creation of social value, which is an important support for stabilizing employment and benefiting people’s livelihood. The Top 100 will employ 10.45 million employees in 2021, with a total salary of 1.9 trillion yuan and an average annual salary of more than 180,000 yuan. This is a vivid practice of sufficient and high-quality employment; most of the Top 100 are large taxpayers and actively undertake corporate social responsibilities , The total tax payment in 2021 will be 930 billion yuan, which accounts for nearly 85% of its total net profit of 1.1 trillion yuan; in addition, 97 companies have issued CSR or ESG reports.
From the perspective of ownership, private enterprises and state-owned enterprises complement each other and play an important role together. Among the top 100 new entity enterprises in 2022, there are 55 private enterprises and 45 state-owned enterprises (including 20 central enterprises). 84%.
From the perspective of regional distribution, the top 100 new entity enterprises in 2022 are concentrated in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, and the Yangtze River Delta. These three major urban agglomerations account for 78% of the total. In terms of provinces, the new entity enterprises are mainly concentrated in Beijing, Guangdong, Shanghai, Zhejiang and other provinces (or municipalities directly under the central government). The total number of companies listed in Beijing and Guangdong Province is more than half, with 57 companies; in terms of city distribution, first-tier cities Beijing leads the way in the number of new-type physical enterprises. Among them, Beijing ranks first with 34 companies on the list, Shenzhen ranks second with 13 companies, and the two cities account for a total of 47 companies in the top 100, followed by Shanghai and Hangzhou respectively. There are 7 companies on the list, and 6 companies from Guangzhou are on the list.
“Overall, the top 100 new entity enterprises have relatively large scale and influence, and have played a pivotal role in technological innovation, ecological empowerment and social responsibility.” Liu Lijia said.