Comment on top ten listed companies in China Penguin most attention

Although India is catching up, China is still the fastest growing country in the world, according to an analysis published on the Businessweek website. As the world's manufacturing center, China attracts billions of of dollars of foreign direct investment, and Chinese companies are also highly concerned by foreign investors. Below are 10 of China's most important listed companies, all listed in the US or Hong Kong, and have performed well throughout 2006.

Tencent: The Diary of Emperor Penguin

Tencent is China's largest instant information service provider, its network chat tool QQ in China occupies far more market share than Microsoft MSN. QQ Penguin icon has now become one of the most popular corporate identity in China. Compared to other top Chinese internet companies, many US investors do not understand Tencent because the company is listed in Hong Kong rather than on Nasdaq. However, with its monopoly position in the instant information Service market, Tencent is expected to successfully enter various fields of Chinese Internet, including online games and search.

Tencent's return on investment over the past year was 163%.

Baidu: Google killer

Baidu is China's largest Internet search service provider, accounting for more than 50% of the market share, compared to Google in the U.S. monopoly advantage. In 2006, Baidu's net profit was $38.7 million, an increase of 533.9% from 2005. However, Baidu's growth rate in the Chinese market has slowed, and faces a series of tort disputes and "click fraud" charges. For Baidu, the good news is that the company has with IBM, Microsoft and other industry giants have established a cooperative relationship, and plans to enter the Japanese network search market.

Baidu's return on investment over the past year was 95.5%.

audience Media: Eye Predators

Many multinationals and Chinese companies are focusing more on the growing Chinese middle class, and the media is expected to benefit from that trend. The media is China's largest outdoor LCD advertising network operators, its LCD advertising screen throughout China's major office buildings, elevators and other public places. Despite the competition from many imitators, the media is still a leading figure in China's advertising industry.

The return on investment of the media in the past year is 64%.

Grand: Serious entertainment

Online games have formed a huge market in China because PlayStation and Xbox consoles are so highbrow. A few years ago, Shanda has become China's largest network game operator by virtue of a variety of popular games. But because the market competition is increasingly intense, the grand gradually falls behind the competitor. In order to reverse the decline, the grand 2005 began to adopt the "free game" mode, that is, free to provide users with game services, mainly through the sale of virtual goods and value-added services to obtain revenue. In the fourth quarter of 2006, Shanda's net profit was $31 million trillion, reversing the losses of the same period last year. From this we can see that the grand new business model has been achieved.

The return on investment over the past year was 59%.

China Mobile: King of Global Mobile communications

So far, China Mobile has more than 300 million users, even more than the U.S. population. At the same time, China's mobile user groups are still expanding at a rate of nearly 5 million people a month. In January 2007, China Mobile acquired a 89% per cent stake in Pakistan's mobile operator, Paktel.

China Mobile's return on investment over the past year was 111%.

Lenovo: Beyond the Blue giant

For foreigners, no Chinese company is as famous as Lenovo. Two years ago, Lenovo invested heavily in IBM's PC business, becoming the world's third-largest PC maker. The move has helped Lenovo to enter the ranks of the world's top IT companies, while also greatly expanding its brand influence. In the process of moving into the global market, Lenovo has dug up a number of talented people from Dell, and William Amelio, the company's incumbent CEO, is one of the Amelio. Lenovo's biggest challenge now is how to push consumers to buy PCs produced by a Chinese company in the US and Japan markets.

Lenovo's return on investment over the past year was 5.7%.

ZTE: Connect the World

As China's largest listed telecoms equipment company, ZTE has been looking to expand its brand presence and reach more partners around the world. Huawei, also one of China's biggest telecoms equipment makers, has a reputation for being sued by Cisco for infringement lawsuits and ZTE has established a partnership with Cisco. One problem ZTE faces today is that the company has sold a large number of 3G devices worldwide, but so far the Chinese 3G market has not yet started.

ZTE's return on investment over the past year was 36%.

Chinese Oil: The Chinese-style oil giant

As China's economy has grown rapidly, demand for oil and gas has increased sharply. As China's largest oil-mining and production enterprise, PetroChina has benefited a great profit. PetroChina, which controls 75% of China's oil reserves and has many of its biggest domestic projects, is arguably China's largest energy company.

PetroChina's return on investment over the past year was 28%.

ICBC: The world's top banks

ICBC ranks first among China's four top banks. Industrial and Commercial Bank of China last October financed 19 billion of billions of dollars in both Hong Kong and Shanghai, the size of which set a new world record. In early February this year, the Hong Kong Hang Seng Index services company announced the incorporation of ICBC into the Hang Seng index.

ICBC's return on investment over the past year has been uncertain due to the late listing period.

Gome: Electronic retailing giants

Gome is China's largest home appliance retailer and will become a strong competitor to Best Buy in the future. Not long ago, gome to 675 million U.S. dollars to buy the price of the rival Yongle. Another good news for Gome is that the Chinese government's investigation into Huang Guangyu, chairman of the company, was withdrawn in January this year.

Gome's return on investment over the past year was 36%.