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China Focus · Posted by CatchjoeyApr 9

I was in New York a few years ago when a senior executive from a Chinese state-owned enterprise (SOE) said something that stuck with me: “Going global is easy. Staying global is hard.” At the time, it sounded like a cliché. Today, it reads more like a policy diagnosis.

On April 8, China quietly made a move that many outside observers may underestimate: the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council established a dedicated bureau for overseas state-owned assets. On paper, it looks administrative. In reality, it signals a structural upgrade in how China thinks about globalization, not expansion first, governance second, but both simultaneously.