China's central SOEs in strategic emerging industries surge 30%

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China's central SOEs in strategic emerging industries surge 30%

This aerial photo taken on February 1, 2023 shows the construction site of an aerospace industry incubator project in Gui'an New Area, southwest China's Guizhou province.

BEIJING - China's centrally managed state-owned enterprises in strategic emerging industries surged more than 30 percent from a year earlier in the first eight months of 2023, according to the country's top state-asset regulator.

The state-owned assets supervisory and administration commission of the state council said such investments totalled more than 840 billion yuan during this period.

investment in strategic sectors gets a big boost.

Last year, investment of central SOEs in strategic emerging industries accounted for more than 20 percent of the total investment made by these firms, according to a report released by the Commission's research center.