Explanatory Notes on Main Statistical Indicators

Enterprises Group  an economic association consists of numerous enterprises and institution, with parent company and subsidiary company as its main body, they join together by means of various methods, investment and business cooperation, etc.

Parent Company  the nuclear enterprise, which plays a leading role in enterprises group. It occupies the holding company position, determines and affects other members of group by various ties of join, investment and business cooperation, etc.

Subordinate Enterprises (Units)  refer to enterprises and institutions under enterprises group, include parent company of enterprises group, subsidiary companies(units) with exclusive investment, absolutely holding shares companies(units), relatively holding shares companies(units), exclude own shares enterprises, cooperate enterprises(units), If the subsidiary company(unit) is a pure management company, the companies(units) under the subsidiary company can be statistics as subordinate enterprises(units). The above-mention subsidiary company (units) include all companies those within and out of the boundaries of China.       

Registration Status of Enterprises  refer to different enterprises, which have  registered in industrial and commercial administration agencies. Include state-owned enterprises, Sole State-Funded enterprises, other limited liability corporation, share-holding corporation Ltd. Joint-venture enterprises with foreign investment, Joint-venture enterprises with funds from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, and Others.

State-owned Enterprises  refer to non-corporation economic units where the entire assets are owned by the state and which have registered in accordance with the Regulation of the People’s Republic of China on the Management of Registration of Corporation Enterprises. Excluded from this category are sole state-funded corporation in the limited liability corporations.

Exclusive State-Funded Company  refer to limited liability corporations established with exclusive investment from investment institutions or departments authorized by the state.

Other Limited Liability Corporations  refer to economic units established with investment from 2-50 investors and registered in accordance with the Regulation of the People’s Republic of China on the Management of Registration of Corporations, each investor bearing limited liability to the corporation depending on its share of investment, and the corporation bearing liability to its debt to the maximum of its total assets. Excluded from this category are exclusive state-funded corporations. 

Share-holding Corporations Ltd.  Refer to economic units registered in accordance with the Regulation of the People’s Republic of China on the Management of Registration of Corporations, with total registered capitals divided into equal shares and raised through issuing stocks. Each investor bears limited liability to the corporation depending on the holding shares, and the corporation bears liability to its debt to the maximum of its total assets. 

Joint-venture Enterprises with Foreign Investment  refer to enterprises jointly established by foreign enterprises or foreigners with enterprises in the mainland of China in accordance with the Low of the People’s Republic of China on Sino-foreign Joint Venture Enterprises and  other relevant lows, where the share of investment, profits and risks is stipulated in the contract.

Joint-venture Enterprises with Funds from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan  refer to enterprises jointly established by investor from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan with enterprises in the mainland of China in accordance with the Low of the People’s Republic of China on Sino-foreign Joint Venture Enterprises and other relevant lows, where the share of investment, profits and risks is stipulated in the contract.

Minority Share-holder’s Equity  refer to the owner shares of subsidiary company which not owned to parent company but to other investors, it must be arranged independently on merge balance sheet.  

Total of Share-holder’s (or Owner’s) equity  refer to enterprises group investor’s title to net funds, the balance of total liabilities and minority share-holding equity from entire funds is net funds, it includes initial investment, accumulation fund, surplus of accumulation and undistributed profits.

Capital Stock (Capital Obtained)  refer to capital raised through issuing stocks by the joint-stock enterprises group. It refers to capital actually received from investors in non-joint-stock enterprises group.

Major Business Revenue  refer to the revenue earned from certain major action of production and management by enterprises group. This indicator has different account name in various sectors, but it must be filled and submitted in accordance with account system of various sector, or the concepts, definitions and coverage of report schedule. It refers to major business revenue in agriculture enterprises; It refers to production sales revenue in industry enterprises; It refers to major business revenue in transport enterprises; It refers to revenue of project settle accounts in construction; It refers to commodity sales revenue in wholesale and retail trade enterprises; It refers to real estate operation revenue in real estate trade enterprises; In other enterprises it refers to business revenue.  

Employed Persons  refer to all persons who work in ,and receive wages or other remuneration payment from enterprises group(include parent company and subsidiary company), they include fully employed staff and workers, re-employed retirees, foreigners and Chinese compatriots from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan part-time employees, employees of other units working temporarily at current posts, and employees holding the second job, but exclude staff and workers who have left their work units while keeping their labour contract (employment relation) unchanged.

Enterprises Climate Survey  It is a statistics survey, which compile the climate index by regular paper survey to a section of entrepreneurs, based on entrepreneur’s judgement and forecast to the production situation of their own enterprises and the macro-economy situation, and thus we can analyse and predict the current situation and future trend of the economic performance.

Business climate index  It is the quantitative disposition and compilation of the qualitative economic indicators of the business climate survey, which can improve a comprehensive description of the real situation or the future trend of a special survey group or a social and economic phenomenon. The business climate index is ranging from 0 to 200. 100 is the critical value, when the climate index is larger than 100, it shows that the economic performance is picking up or improving. When it is lower than 100, it shows that the economic performance is declining or worsening.    

Entrepreneur confidence index  also called as the macro-economy climate index. It is a index based on entrepreneur’s recognition, opinion, judgement and forecast to the   market circumstances and macro-policies, It is a comprehensive description of the entrepreneur’s impression and confidents of the macro-economy circumstances .

Business climate index  also called as the comprehensive production and management climate index of enterprises. It is compiled basing on entrepreneur’s judgement on production situation of their own expectation for the future performance. It is the description of the comprehensive production and management situation of the enterprises.