Chinese elites become private enterprise owners

时间：2007-02-25 01:01:04

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Chinanews, Hong Kong, Feb. 16 – In China, a group of people who have power in Chinese governmental institutions have now become private enterprise owners. While it is not a bad thing for people who have some power to become private enterprise owners, it should be noted1 that due to the current immature2 legal system, it is very easy for such people to trade their power for money. So if so many private enterprise owners come from powerful people, the public should be alert to such phenomenon, Ta Kung Pao reported in an editorial.

 

In China, many private enterprise owners come from the social elite3 group, according to a recent report from the All-China Federation4 of Industry and Commerce. These private enterprise owners want to be recognized by society and wish to participate more in national and local political affairs. The report says that most private enterprise owners were once officials working in public institutions, managers working in enterprises (including self-employed individuals), or technicians or engineers in companies. These three kinds of people now account for 67.4% of the total number of private enterprise owners, while in 2004, they accounted for only 33.8%, increasing by 99.4% in three years.

 

At the same time, the proportion of farmers, workers, service people and ordinary staff workers in the total number of private enterprise owners has decreased from 57.9% three years ago to 26.7% at present, dropping by 53.9%.

 

Of all private enterprise owners, those who once served as officials in Communist Party and government organizations or in public institutions, those who were heads of basic administrative5 units, those who were county-level cadres, or cadres above county level account for 56.3%, 30.7%, 11.6% and 1.4% of the total number, respectively. Among all those private enterprise owners who are Party members, 55.2% were once the managers of state-owned enterprises or collectively-owned enterprises.

 

According to the editorial, Chinese private enterprise owners mainly come from two social elite groups: the power elite, which refers to members who were officials of government organizations; and knowledge elite, which refers to company managers and engineers. On the one hand, it is a good thing for more and more people from knowledge elite group to become private enterprise owners, since this shows that knowledge is respected and begins to demonstrate its value in the era of knowledge economy. On the other hand, the editorial suggests, the public should be alert to this social phenomenon, due to China's immature legal system which still has many drawbacks and loopholes at present.

 

Private enterprise owners want to participate more in political affairs, which is not a bad thing by itself. However, the precondition is that legal system is mature. If the legal system is not mature, then it is very easy for those who have some power to trade their power for money. In light of this, the public should be alert to this social phenomenon, says the editorial.

 
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1 noted 5n4zXc     
adj.著名的，知名的
参考例句：
  • The local hotel is noted for its good table.当地的那家酒店以餐食精美而著称。
  • Jim is noted for arriving late for work.吉姆上班迟到出了名。
2 immature Saaxj     
adj.未成熟的，发育未全的，未充分发展的
参考例句：
  • Tony seemed very shallow and immature.托尼看起来好像很肤浅，不夠成熟。
  • The birds were in immature plumage.这些鸟儿羽翅未全。
3 elite CqzxN     
n.精英阶层；实力集团；adj.杰出的，卓越的
参考例句：
  • The power elite inside the government is controlling foreign policy.政府内部的一群握有实权的精英控制着对外政策。
  • We have a political elite in this country.我们国家有一群政治精英。
4 federation htCzMS     
n.同盟，联邦，联合，联盟，联合会
参考例句：
  • It is a federation of 10 regional unions.它是由十个地方工会结合成的联合会。
  • Mr.Putin was inaugurated as the President of the Russian Federation.普京正式就任俄罗斯联邦总统。
5 administrative fzDzkc     
adj.行政的，管理的
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  • The administrative burden must be lifted from local government.必须解除地方政府的行政负担。
  • He regarded all these administrative details as beneath his notice.他认为行政管理上的这些琐事都不值一顾。

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