Is China Southern Airlines a state-owned enterprise or a central enterprise?

State-owned enterprises State-owned enterprises refer to wholly state-owned enterprises, wholly state-owned companies and state-owned capital holding companies that the State Council and local people's governments perform the responsibilities of investors on behalf of the state respectively. A central enterprise refers to a wholly state-owned or state-controlled enterprise whose functions and powers are exercised by the central people's government or the state-owned assets supervision and administration institution as the investor, and whose leading body is directly managed by the central government or entrusted by the Central Organization Department, the State Council SASAC or other central ministries. China Southern Airlines China Southern Airlines Group Co., Ltd., a wholly-owned enterprise in the State Council, headquartered in Guangzhou, was formally established on 1 991February1day. With the blue vertical tail inlaid with red kapok as the company logo, it is the airline with the largest number of transport planes, the most developed route network and the largest annual passenger traffic in China. Registered in Guangdong Provincial Market Supervision Administration. So China Southern Airlines is a state-owned enterprise.