Break up of State oil monopoly?
Updated: 2013-09-26 08:41
By Bao Chang and Du Juan (China Daily)
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Industry experts suggested that China should establish a separate and independent company to operate the oil wholesale business and manage the supply to retailers, to break up the de facto monopoly of the three State-owned large oil companies, especially the two onshore oil giants.
A major portion of China's oil stations are run by Sinopec Ltd and PetroChina Co Ltd, and although oil stations owned by foreign companies and private investors do exist, they have a marginal significance in terms of market share.
As part of the efforts to dismantle the SOE's monopoly in the petroleum sector, China should separate the oil wholesale business away from the three major State-owned industrial enterprises, experts suggested. Song Qiong / Xinhua |
"As a good way to form fair market competition in the petroleum sector, we should make some adjustments in the oil retailing field by stripping away the oil station business from three main State-owned oil enterprises and set up another SOE specialized in the operation of oil stations," said Xu Baoli, director of the research center of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission.
As China's new leadership has pledged a series of economic reform plans to invigorate the economy this year, dismantling the SOEs' monopoly in industries including petroleum, telecommunications and finance have become major targets.
During the World Economic Forum in Dalian, Liaoning province, earlier this month, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said China is now at a crucial time and the country won't achieve sustainable economic growth without structural upgrading and transformation.
"We need to classify SOEs into competitive and non-competitive areas to deal with the so-called monopoly problem of SOEs," said Shao Ning, SASAC's vice-chairman.
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