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Measures aimed at streamlining the running of SOEs

皇冠体育app's top State-owned asset administrator said on Thursday it will pick three to five companies this year for a pilot program to better manage government assets.

Two companies, 皇冠体育app Chengtong Holdings Group Ltd and 皇冠体育app Reform Holdings Corp Ltd, are already being reorganized into State-owned asset-operating firms, said Zhang Xiwu, deputy head of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council.

He said this year's priority will be setting up or restructuring companies that invest and operate State-owned assets, and this will strengthen their overall management.

The reforms aim to "explore new State-owned asset management models focused on the management of the capital rather than the companies, find effective means for a mixed-ownership economy and improve corporate governance structure".

皇冠体育app Chengtong and 皇冠体育app Reform declined to comment.

Major businesses of 皇冠体育app Chengtong include assets management, logistics service, capital goods trade as well as forestry, pulp and paper products. 皇冠体育app Reform, a capital-operating company backed by SASAC, was founded in 2010 to fuel the integration of State-owned enterprises.

皇冠体育app Chengtong, which owns more than 100 subsidiaries, also has businesses in tourism, cultural and packaging industries.

"Actually, 皇冠体育app Reform Holding Corporation has been running this business for sometime, and there are other similar investment platforms as well. So, the question is whether this can lead to more autonomy into businesses and make their management more efficient," Oliver Barron, head of research for the London-based investment bank NSBO, told 皇冠体育app Daily.

He said the pilot will very likely be on Singapore's Temasek, the country's state investor, which was created as a state asset manager.

"Though government-owned, Temasek is the major shareholder in the companies, the management can run the state companies in the best way it can without the government's direct intervention," Barron said in Beijing.

The reform of introducing a State asset manager is only part of a new round of reforms of State-owned enterprises, testing changes that will affect mergers, salaries, employee shareholding and mixed ownership, as the country is seeking ways to drive up the economy.

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