Reshaping the layout of state-owned assets, the pace of mergers and reorganizations of central SOEs accelerates.

With the deepening implementation of the action to enhance the reform of state-owned enterprises, the optimization of the layout and structural adjustment of the state-owned economy continues to advance. Recently, central enterprises in the fields of shipping, energy, resources, and other areas have made new progress in mergers and acquisitions; new central enterprises in emerging fields are accelerating their establishment. Several provinces and cities have successively introduced measures to increase support for mergers and acquisitions of state-owned enterprises in their jurisdictions. Industry insiders believe that driven by multiple factors such as policy support for the reform of state-owned enterprises, industrial transformation and upgrading, group asset securitization, and market value management assessment, central state-owned enterprises are expected to become the dominant force in a new round of mergers and acquisitions.