State-Owned Enterprise Reform and Corporatization (1992–2010)

1. 14th Party Congress endorses “socialist market economy” goal

   Oct 12, 1992Labels: CCP 14th

   • CCP Congress

2. Constitution amended to incorporate “socialist market economy”

   Mar 29, 1993Labels: Constitution Amendment

   • Constitution

3. Third Plenum defines “modern enterprise system” for SOEs

   Nov 11, 1993Labels: 3rd Plenum

   • TheoryChina
   • ChinaDaily

4. Company Law passed to enable corporatized enterprise forms

   Dec 29, 1993Labels: Company Law

   • Company Law
   • HKEX Rules

5. Company Law takes effect, accelerating SOE corporatization

   Jul 1, 1994Labels: Company Law

   • Company Law
   • HKEX Rules

6. Labor Law adopted amid enterprise restructuring pressures

   Jul 5, 1994Labels: Labour Law

   • Labor Law

7. “Grasp the large, let go of the small” reform line takes hold

   Sep 1, 1997Labels: Grasp Large

   • FRBSF Paper
   • Brookings

8. Zhu Rongji launches three-year SOE turnaround program

   Mar 1, 1998Labels: Zhu Rongji

   • SciDirect

9. SASAC created to act as state owner for central SOEs

   Mar 10, 2003Labels: SASAC

   • SASAC
   • ChinaDaily

10. Interim state-asset supervision rules issued after SASAC launch

    May 27, 2003Labels: Interim Supervision

    • ChinaOrg
    • ChinaOrg

11. Split-share structure reform begins for listed companies

    Apr 29, 2005Labels: Split-Share Reform

    • ChinaDaily
    • ChinaDaily

12. Enterprise State-Owned Assets Law adopted

    Oct 28, 2008Labels: State-Owned Assets

    • NPC

13. Enterprise State-Owned Assets Law enters into force

    May 1, 2009Labels: Assets Law

    • NPC
    • Troutman