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Jul 6, 2026 · Industry Insights

Why Are Many State‑Owned Digital Tech Companies Being Shut Down?

The article analyses how a policy‑driven boom of digital‑technology subsidiaries in Chinese central and local state‑owned enterprises exploded to over a thousand firms, then collapsed as most small, copy‑cat units faced fuzzy positioning, technical hollowing, institutional mismatch and internal waste, leaving only a few core players thriving.