Reform has entered a deep water zone, and state-owned enterprises, as the core force of economic development, how to break through development bottlenecks and lead industrial upgrading has become a key economic trend of concern at present. On June 2, 2026, the National Development and Reform Commission organized a special symposium focusing on the deepening reform of state-owned assets and enterprises.

At the critical stage of coordinating major national development plans and assessing macroeconomic trends, the main responsible persons of the National Development and Reform Commission face to face to listen to enterprise opinions and conduct discussions and exchanges, which is a normalized and crucial work measure.

The seven state-owned enterprises participating in this conference have a distinct lineup with clear guidance and representativeness. Through sorting, it is found that the business of enterprises covers key areas such as shipping, energy, logistics, and big data, all of which are core entities supporting the construction of a unified national market and ensuring national energy security. The participating companies have their own focuses on their main businesses, but overall they focus on three core directions: energy security, smooth logistics, and green and low-carbon development, which are in line with the current national development strategy.

Focus on key areas

The participating state-owned enterprises cover logistics, energy, and circular economy, accurately aligning with the core development needs of the country. Among them, several enterprises such as China Ocean Shipping Group and China Logistics Group bear the important function of facilitating domestic and international logistics channels. Ocean shipping, air cargo transportation, and modern logistics system are important links for the circular operation of the national economy. Only with a smooth and orderly logistics system can the development vitality of the unified national market be activated.

Enterprises such as China Coal Science and Industry Corporation and China Shenhua Coal to Oil and Chemical Corporation focus on their main energy business, rely on the stable development of the coal chemical industry, and build a solid foundation for national energy security. This symposium has added the emerging entity of China Resources Recycling Group, which is deeply involved in the dual carbon field and resource recycling track, promoting the upgrading of energy from single mining and utilization to circular and efficient utilization, and is a key lever for industrial green transformation.

Clarify the direction of reform

Based on the starting point of the 15th Five Year Plan, the country has clarified the core direction of state-owned enterprise reform to improve quality and efficiency, and empower strategic development. As the starting year of the 15th Five Year Plan, 2026, the symposium on state-owned enterprise reform, has set a clear path for the development of state-owned enterprises in the new stage. Zheng Zhajie, Director of the National Development and Reform Commission, emphasized at the meeting that reform should adhere to both goal oriented and problem oriented approaches, promote self reform and quality improvement of state-owned enterprises, and fully leverage the role of the national economy as a ballast and main force.

The meeting clarified the three core functions of state-owned enterprises in the future, namely strengthening technological innovation, controlling the discourse power of the industrial chain, and building a strong national security support barrier. This also means that the reform of state-owned enterprises no longer pursues the expansion of scale and size, but focuses on improving quality and optimizing, strengthening and optimizing, and taking responsibility in key areas such as core technology, industrial chain security, and people's livelihood security. At the same time, the meeting clarified that state-owned enterprises should take the initiative to take on exemplary responsibilities and make every effort to promote the construction of a unified national market. On the one hand, state-owned enterprises should take the lead in adhering to market rules, strictly implementing market systems such as property rights protection and fair competition, and play a leading role as demonstration enterprises for large enterprises. On the other hand, we need to take the lead in improving the circulation infrastructure, focusing on promoting the exchange of logistics data and information resources, breaking down information barriers, and achieving parallel software and hardware connectivity in the market.

Promote government enterprise collaboration

The country formulates a transformation path based on reality, promoting complementary coexistence and coordinated development between state-owned enterprises and private enterprises. In response to the development of energy transformation, this symposium has released a pragmatic and steady development signal, abandoning one size fits all transformation and promoting clean, low-carbon, and efficient utilization of coal, steadily advancing the green upgrading of the energy industry. The meeting specifically proposed that state-owned enterprises should actively empower the development of private, small and medium-sized enterprises, and set a good example. State owned enterprises and private enterprises are not in competition with each other, but rather a community of complementary advantages and symbiotic development. The industrial chain layout of large state-owned enterprises can drive the coordinated development of numerous small and medium-sized supporting enterprises and activate the overall vitality of the market. Keywords:Engineering infrastructure,Infrastructure,Infrastructure News

From shipping and logistics to energy supply guarantee, and then to green and low-carbon transformation, the development direction and national policy guidance of the seven participating enterprises clearly outline the key points for China's economy to tackle at the beginning of the 15th Five Year Plan. The reform of state-owned enterprises has entered a deep water zone, and major state-owned enterprises continue to break through and innovate, leading the industry to break through. The future development is worthy of continuous attention and expectation.Editor/Gong Ziwei