An effective and diversified incentive system should be established for China's state-owned listed enterprises (or listed SOEs), and more incentives should be given to high-tech listed SOEs to further promote their growth.
That's according to Weng Jieming, vice chairman of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC), at a recent meeting aimed to deepen the reform of listed SOEs.
"For high-tech listed SOEs, such indicators as R&D investment and commercialization of R&D results should be further included in the performance evaluation system, and the accuracy of these indicators should be enhanced," said Weng.
During the meeting, a number of listed SOEs shared their experiences. Li Shouwu, a director of China Electronics Technology Group Corporation, introduced that in 2021, the R&D input of the 15 listed companies held by the Group reached 10.9 billion RMB, up 22 percent year-on-year, accounting for 9 percent of the operating revenue.
To reinforce its competitiveness, Shougang Group has also been making efforts to promote technological innovation. The company has established a total of 27 joint R&D platforms through cooperation with leading domestic and foreign research institutes and key users of the industrial chain. In 2021, the R&D input of the company was 5.3 billion RMB, accounting for 3.97 percent of the operating revenue, with 450 patents being authorized.
Apart from investing more in R&D, Weng stressed that high-tech listed SOEs should allow the talent of professionals to shine, and motivate them with diversified incentives, so as to develop more technologies.
A batch of incentive policies, including equity, options, dividends, and commissions for sci-tech achievements transfer, could be employed by listed SOEs or their affiliated companies.
Weng also called for listed SOEs to strengthen efforts to incubate small enterprises with strong sci-tech innovation strength, and support those specialized, promising enterprises to be listed.
By the end of 2021, there were 1,317 listed SOEs in China with a total market value of 33.54 trillion RMB, accounting for 28.26 percent of all companies listed in China's stock market.