THE BIGGEST MOST POWERFUL 15 COMPANIES IN CHINA :China is a nation that continues to break global records. It is the world!s largest car market
(14 million units sold), has the largest number of Internet users (400 million against the
entire US population of 300 million), and its GDP is on the point of overtaking Japan to
become the world!s second largest economy after the US. China is now home to among the best global brands.The IPO of Agricultural Bank of China (ABC) in Hong Kong and Shanghai on July 19 this
year (and which is reflected in this report) means that China is now home to four of the
world’s 10 biggest banks by market capitalization. This has happened only five years
since the country’s first major state-owned lender – Bank of China – went public in recordbreaking
IPO launches in Hong Kong and Shanghai.
China Mobile is the most valuable China brand, valued at US$22.62 billion. According to
latest data the second most valuable China brand is banking giant ICBC, which has a brand value of US
$16.947 billion.The second most valuable sector is Telecommunications with a combined brand value of
US$37.436 billion, or 17.5% of the total. Meanwhile Insurance-related brands make up the third most valuable sector among the top 100 brands
with a combined brand value of US$16.217 billion. China Life is by far the most valuable
brand in this sector, with a brand value of US$11.073 billion.