In this year's list, Wal-Mart (USA) ranks first, which is the seventh consecutive year that Wal-Mart has become the most outstanding company in the world. China Petrochemical (China) ranked second, and State Grid Corporation (China) ranked third. The top ten companies are China Oil and Gas (China), Royal Dutch Shell Oil (Netherlands), Saudi Aramco (Saudi Arabia), Volkswagen (Germany), BP (UK), Amazon (USA) and Toyota (Japan). In addition, Huawei ranked 49th, JD.COM Group ranked 120, Alibaba ranked 132, Tencent Holdings ranked 197, Lenovo ranked 224th, Suning.cn Group ranked 324th and Xiaomi Group ranked 422nd.
The operating income and profit of the top ten companies are as follows (millions of US dollars):
In terms of profit, Saudi Aramco still ranks first with a profit of $88.2 billion. Berkshire Hathaway followed closely, ranking second with a profit of $81400 million, and Apple retired to third place. China's industrial, agricultural and construction banks continue to rank among the top ten in terms of profits. And Microsoft's profit increased by 137% year-on-year, and entered the top five in the 10 profit list.
This year's Fortune Global 500 list * * * has 25 new companies listed and re-listed, among which 8 China companies are newly listed, namely: Shanghai Construction Engineering, Shenzhen Investment Holdings, Hong Sheng, Shandong Iron and Steel, Shanghai Pharmaceutical, Guangzhou Investment Co., Ltd., China Nuclear Industry and China Coal Energy. Chinese mainland's average sales revenue reached $66.9 billion, higher than last year's figure, but China's profit level was low.