Companies
3 Chinese firms break Fortune 500's top 10
By Yu Hongyan (chinadaily.com.cn)
Updated: 2010-07-09 15:41
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Sinopec and two other energy conglomerates, the State Grid and China National Petroleum, made it to the top 10 of this year's Fortune 500 list. Sinopec is China's largest refiner.
Walmart wins back the top crown with revenues exceeding $408 billion. Royal Dutch Shell ranks second with revenues surpassing $285 billion. Exxon Mobil comes the third with revenues nearing $285 billion.
Sinopec ranks seventh on the list, followed by the State Grid, China's largest power grid operator. China National Petroleum is 10th on the list.
A total of 54 Chinese companies made it onto the list this year.
Top 10 of this year's Fortune 500 list
| Rank | Company | Revenues ($ millions) | Profits ($ millions) |
| 1 | Wal-Mart Stores | 408214 | 14335 |
| 2 | Royal Dutch Shell | 285129 | 12518 |
| 3 | Exxon Mobil | 284650 | 19280 |
| 4 | BP | 246138 | 16578 |
| 5 | Toyota Motor | 204106 | 2256 |
| 6 | Japan Post Holdings | 202196 | 4849 |
| 7 | Sinopec | 187518 | 5756 |
| 8 | State Grid | 184496 | -343 |
| 9 | AXA | 175257 | 5012 |
| 10 | China National Petroleum (CNPC) | 165496 | 10272 |