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

China Southern Airlines is a state-owned enterprise.

China Southern Airlines Group Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as China Southern Airlines or China Southern Airlines), headquartered in Guangzhou, was formally established on 199 1 February 1 year, 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.

China Southern's annual passenger traffic ranks first in Asia and third in the world. With the largest fleet in Asia and the fourth in the world, it is the first airline in the world to operate Airbus A380 and Boeing 787 at the same time. It is the airline with the largest number of flights, the densest route network and the largest annual passenger traffic in China.

China Southern takes "Sunshine China Southern Airlines" as its cultural character, "connecting all parts of the world to create a better life" as its corporate mission, and "customer first, respecting talents, pursuing Excellence, continuous innovation and loving returns" as its core values, vigorously promotes the spirit of "diligence, pragmatism, tolerance and innovation" and is committed to building a world-class air transport enterprise with global competitiveness.

The definition of 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 country respectively, including enterprises at the same level and enterprises formed by investment step by step under the supervision of central and local state-owned assets supervision and administration institutions and other departments.

State-owned enterprises have ownership or control over their capital, and the will and interests of the government determine the behavior of state-owned enterprises. State-owned enterprises are the backbone of national economic development and the pillar of Socialism with Chinese characteristics.