China Super Four US car companies are shortlisted for 2011 Fortune Global 500

In the list of “2011 Fortune Global 500” recently launched, four Chinese auto companies such as Dongfeng, SAIC, FAW, and China South Industries Group have all significantly improved their rankings. Interestingly, if counted from the number of short-listed car companies, China is already the second largest in the world, only less than Japan and more than the United States.

Dongfeng Motor Co., Ltd. ranked 145th in terms of operating income of USD 55.7 billion, which was 37 places higher than the previous year. SAIC ranked 151st in terms of operating income of 54.2 billion U.S. dollars, which was 72 places higher than the previous year. FAW ranked 197th in terms of operating income of $43.4 billion, which is a 61-point improvement over the previous year. China South Industries Group Corporation (the parent company of Changan Automobile Group) ranked 227th in terms of operating revenue of 38 billion US dollars, up 48 points from the previous year.

Therefore, there are four car companies in China that are shortlisted in the top 500. Japan has a total of six car companies from Toyota, Honda, Nissan, Suzuki, Mazda and Mitsubishi. The United States has GM, Ford and Chrysler three car companies short-listed. Germany has two car companies, Volkswagen and Daimler, short-listed.

As the rankings went up, Dongfeng and SAIC entered the ninth and tenth places in the global automotive industry. FAW was ranked 12th and China Southern Automobile Industry Group was ranked 14th. From the perspective of scale, compared with the Toyota, Volkswagen, etc., Chinese car companies are still small compared to others. Dongfeng's operating revenue is equivalent to 25% of Toyota Motor, 33% of Volkswagen, and 41% of GM. Dongfeng is still close to the nearest South Korean Hyundai Motor, and it still has nearly half the sales distance. From the profit point of view there is also a long way to go. The highest masses have $9 billion in profits, Toyota has more than $4.7 billion in profits, Dongfeng has less than $2.5 billion in profits, SAIC has $1.9 billion in profits, and FAW has $2.1 billion in profits.

In the 2011 Fortune 500 list, US retail giant Wal-Mart again topped the list. A total of 61 companies in mainland China entered the list, an increase of 15 over the previous year. If counted in the list of Taiwanese companies, China's list of companies reached 69, more than Japan, second only to the United States (133), a record.