Beijing is the world's top 500 headquarters capital of the second largest

The latest 2010 results of the U.S. Fortune magazine show that Beijing already has 30 global headquarters of 500 companies, becoming the "capital of the second-largest world's 500 headquarters", second only to Tokyo, which has 49 500-strong corporate headquarters.　　In the second phase of the "Beijing Salon" theme event, Beijing vice Mayor Cheng Hong said that building an international business Center City will be a long-term strategic task of Beijing, with the deepening of the opening to the outside world and the increasing internationalization of business, the headquarters economy shows a strong momentum of development.　　The FT's top 500 rankings, which are based in Beijing at the end of May, have 16 of the world's top 500 companies, ranked by the total market capitalisation of listed companies. The Fortune 500 ranking is based on the company's operating income and profits in the last year, and is the most authoritative reference for measuring the influence, scale and strength of commercial enterprises in the world.　　Fortune's top 500 corporate headquarters have 49 located in Tokyo.　　Cheng Hong said Beijing already has many favorable conditions for the construction of an international business Center City, including the most important city consumer market, the important trade and circulation Trade Center, the characteristic business and the business development environment to optimize, and a large number of top international commercial service organizations gather in Beijing.　　Lu Yan, director of Beijing Municipal Commerce Commission, said that it was an important part of the city's radiation power to attract domestic and foreign enterprises to settle in Beijing and develop the headquarter economy. It should be pointed out that strong domestic demand is one of the important foundations for Beijing to build an international trade Center city.　　Under the adverse influence of the international financial crisis, the total retail sales of consumer goods in Beijing remained over 530 billion yuan last year, far exceeding the internationally recognized standard of 25 billion US dollars in the International Trade Center City. Business Report