On May 12, Forbes released the list of the world's top 2000 companies. After topping the list for nine consecutive years, the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China dropped to second place this year, replaced by Berkshire Hathaway, which is run by Buffett. The number of companies in China (including Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan) reached 399 this year, an increase from the same period last year. Wanhua Chemical ranked 392, up 141 places from the previous year, and was the top-ranked company in Shandong. At the same time, it can also be seen that Hengli Petrochemical, Rongsheng Petrochemical and Hengyi Petrochemical are also on the list, ranking 455th, 642nd and 1670th respectively.

This time, the Global 2000 list uses the financial data of the past 12 months as of April 22, 2022 to calculate the company's indicators in four aspects: sales, profits, assets and market prices, and use these indicators to carry out ranking. The total revenue of the companies listed this time is 47.6 trillion US dollars, the profit is 5 trillion US dollars, the assets are 233.7 trillion US dollars, and the market value is 76.5 trillion US dollars.

As China has vigorously promoted the development of the new energy industry in the past year, the performance of related companies has improved this year. CATL, the world's leading power battery supplier, rose from 739th to 296th, and LONGi (which will use the new securities abbreviation "LONGi Green Energy" from May 16) rose from 839th to 724th. In addition, Weilai Automobile and Lili Automobile, which are among the new car-making forces, are on the list for the first time.

At the same time, Chinese coal companies have risen in the rankings due to soaring coal prices. Shaanxi Coal Industry rose from 616 to 496, China Coal Energy rose from 752 to 510, and Yankuang Energy rose from 865 to 541. In addition, the tight supply chain has boosted shipping prices, so shipping companies have also made a lot of money. COSCO Shipping rose from No. 409 to No. 243, while Evergreen Shipping rose from No. 1,287 to No. 494.