China to collect more earnings from SOEs

Beijing - China is planning to raise the proportion of profits it collects from major State-owned enterprises (SOEs) in a move to balance income distribution, but analysts said the move should be bolder and the collected profits used to improve public well-being.

The Ministry of Finance said on Tuesday that it might raise the ratio of profits of SOEs to be submitted to the State coffers.

According to existing rules, monopoly enterprises under the administration of the central government in sectors like tobacco, oil, petrochemicals, power, telecommunications and coal mining should submit 10 percent of their post-tax profits, while the ratio for those in the iron and steel, transportation, electronics and trade sectors should be 5 percent.