In order to recommend the most valuable, rather than simply the largest, Chinese enterprises to Chinese readers, the Chinese edition of the world-renowned business magazine Forbes conducted a survey for the first time focusing on large-scale non-government enterprises in China, and also launched the "Top Chinese Enterprises" ranking list for the first time. Yesterday, the Chinese edition of Forbes officially announced this list, which can be viewed in detail on the Chinese website of Forbes. According to Forbes, the companies surveyed for the "2006 Top Chinese Enterprises List" are non-state-owned enterprises whose sales in 2005 exceeded 3 billion yuan and whose main businesses are located in mainland China. These include both listed and unlisted companies. However, the Chinese edition of Forbes values not only assets and sales scale, nor merely the growth speed of enterprises, but places greater emphasis on their ability for perpetual operation and sustained profitability. ...