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State-Owned and Privately-Owned Enterprises

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ID: 0479 Upper Intermediate
What’s all this talk about economic reform in China? Well, to really understand this business, you’ll need to listen in to this podcast, which discusses some of the different types of enterprises you will encounter and hear about in China. Sound like a bunch of number-crunching jargon? It is! But only John and Jenny could turn such a stuffy sounding topic into a great, and essential, Mandarin Chinese lesson for all you business types out there.
Sun Apr 08 2007 | Jenny, John
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
内资 nèizī domestic capital
港澳台资 gǎng ào tái zī Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan capital
外商投资 wàishāng tóuzī foreign business capital
细分 xìfēn to divide up
中国企业的类型实在太多了，害得我怎么也搞不清楚。
Zhōngguó qǐyè de lèixíng shízài tài duō le ，hài de wǒ zěnme yě gǎo bu qīngchu 。
There are just too many different types of enterprises in China. How can I ever keep them straight?
是啊。从大的方面来说，中国企业可以分成内资，港澳台资和外商投资这几大类。其中每一大类又可以被细分成很多小的类型。
shì a 。cóng dà de fāngmiàn láishuō ，Zhōngguó qǐyè kěyǐ fēnchéng nèizī ，Macao and Taiwan capital hé wàishāng tóuzī zhè jǐ dàlèi 。qízhōng měiyī dàlèi yòu kěyǐ bèi xìfēn chéng hěn duō xiǎo de lèixíng 。
Exactly. Speaking about the larger ones, Chinese enterprises can be broken down into these categories: domestically invested, Hong Kong, Macau or Taiwan invested, and foreign invested—any of these major categories. Each of these major categories can also be further divided up into many smaller categories.
哎哟，你先别细分了，还是从头开始给我讲吧。我们先来说说内资企业，怎么样？
āiyō ，nǐ xiān bié xìfēn le ，háishì cóngtóukāishǐ gěi wǒ jiǎng ba 。wǒmen xiān lái shuōshuo nèizīqǐyè ，zěnmeyàng ？
Yikes, don’t break them down yet. How about you start from the beginning again and explain them to me. Let’s first talk about domestically invested enterprises, how about that?
好的。说到内资企业，其实我们经常听到的国有企业，私营企业就属于这一类。对了，你知道什么叫国有企业吗？
hǎode 。shuōdào nèizīqǐyè ，qíshí wǒmen jīngcháng tīngdào de guóyǒuqǐyè ，sīyíngqǐyè jiù shǔyú zhè yī lèi 。duìle ，nǐ zhīdào shénme jiào guóyǒuqǐyè ma ？
All right. Speaking of domestically invested enterprises, actually the state-owned enterprises and privately-owned enterprises we frequently hear about belong to this category. Oh, do you know what state-owned enterprises refer to?
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