Chinese central state-owned enterprises (SOEs) are expected to realize total profits of 600 billion yuan (73.3 billion U.S. dollars) in 2005, according to latest governmental statistics.

The profits of central SOEs increased greatly in 2005, said sources with a press conference hosted by the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council (SASAC) in Beijing Thursday.

From January to November, the central SOEs got a profit of 564.99 billion yuan (70 billion dollars), up 24.7 percent over the same period of last year, said the SASAC.

The sales revenue also remained rapid growth, said the SASAC. From January to November, the central SOEs achieved a sales revenue of 5.99 trillion yuan (742.5 billion dollars), a year-on-year increase of 21.8 percent.

The SASAC forecasts that the total sales revenue of the central SOEs for the whole year will reach 6.6 trillion yuan (817.8 billion dollars).

By the end of November, the total assets of the central SOEs have amounted to 10.6 trillion yuan (1.313 trillion dollars), up 14.2 percent over the same period of last year, and the net assets totaled 4.5 trillion yuan, up 14.6 percent.

During the first 11 months of this year, the central SOEs have paid 493.14 billion yuan (61.1 billion dollars) of taxes, a year-on-year increase of 24.4 percent, said the SASAC.

The taxes paid by the state-owned enterprises and the state-owned holding industrial and commercial enterprises accounted for 43 percent of the total amount of taxes paid by all businesses of the society, while the taxes paid by the central SOEs made up 48 percent of all taxes paid by the state-owned holding industrial and commercial enterprises.

Source: Xinhua