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China’s overseas champions
Going Global 100
Chinese businesses are becoming global giants, with international brands, customers around the world and networks of overseas factories and research centres. The SCMP Plus Going Global 100 ranks the companies at the forefront of the Chuhai wave.
The SCMP Plus Going Global 100
SCMP Plus analysed more than 2,000 companies and ranked the leaders based on total overseas revenue, reliance on overseas markets and overseas sales growth
(see below for more details).
Going Global 100 methodology
I Executive summary
SCMP Plus strives to provide an objective evaluation of Chinese companies and their global expansion. To standardise this assessment, we established a quantitative model to gauge and rank each business.
II Eligibility1
Going Global 100 companies must meet the following criteria:
a) Chinese company
Eligible companies must maintain their primary operations, headquarters or core administrative centre in mainland China and meet one of the following conditions:
- Registered in mainland China: The company is incorporated in mainland China (excluding Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan) and is owned or operated by at least one domestic natural person or domestic legal entity. If an enterprise does not have a single controlling shareholder, it remains eligible provided its major shareholders, core management and primary business activities are based in mainland China.
- Registered outside mainland China: The company’s founders or controlling investors are from mainland China, and the business’s core research and operational teams remain based within the mainland. This includes red-chip companies.