The international jury has shortlisted these 20 companies as winners of the inagural "Most Globally Competitive Chinese Company" awards. Two special prizes will be awarded in the context of the awards ceremony to honor the "Best Chinese Company in Europe," and the "Best Chinese Company in Emerging Markets."
| 1 | Air China |  |
Aviation |
| 2 | Baidu, Inc. |  |
Network information |
| 3 | Baosteel Group Corporation |  |
Steel |
| 4 | China Merchants Bank |  |
Finance |
| 5 | China National Chemical Corporation |  |
Energy & Chemical |
| 6 | China National Offshore Oil Corp. |  |
Energy & Chemical |
| 7 | China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation |  |
Energy & Chemical |
| 8 | China Shipping (Group) Company |  |
Logistics |
| 9 | Cosco Group |  |
Logistics |
| 10 | Haier Co.,Ltd |  |
Consumer Electronics |
| 11 | Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. |  |
Telecom equipment manufacturing |
| 12 | Lenovo Corporation |  |
Consumer Electronics |
| 13 | Neusoft Corporation |  |
Software and service |
| 14 | PetroChina Company Limited |  |
Energy & Chemical |
| 15 | Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation (Group) |  |
Automobile |
| 16 | Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industry Co., Ltd. |  |
Machinery manufacturing |
| 17 | Shenzhen Mindray Bio-Medical Electronics Co. Ltd |  |
Medicine |
| 18 | Suntech Power Holdings |  |
New energy |
| 19 | Wanxiang Group |  |
Auto parts |
| 20 | ZTE Corporation |  |
Telecom equipment manufacturing |