The list shows that in the top ten, China occupies two seats, namely Tencent, which ranks 5th, and TSMC, which ranks 8th.
There are 2,000 companies on the list from 24 different countries, with 72 companies on the list headquartered in the United States and 36 headquartered in China.
It is worth mentioning that this year is the 8th consecutive year that Apple has topped the list. Tencent unexpectedly made the list, becoming the world's fifth largest technology company.
This makes people a little confused, Tencent's attributes should be Internet or game companies. Why did it get the title of the fifth largest technology company in the world? So why isn't Huawei on the list of technology companies?
The competition in the technology market has always been like a battle between dragons and tigers, and many of the top companies in the global market capitalization are technology giants. Apple in particular, although Saudi Aramco sits on the world's largest market capitalization throne, but Apple is likely to return to the first place in the future.
In addition to Apple, Microsoft, Intel, Google, etc., American technology giants have important industry influence. Of course, China's technology companies are not weak. The most representative are Huawei, ZTE and other enterprises, which are at the forefront of the world in the fields of chips, 5G, communications, and operating systems.
However, Forbes released its 2022 global technology company rankings, with U.S. companies topped the list, while China's Tencent unexpectedly ranked fifth.
According to the data, Apple won the title of the world's first technology company. Google parent company Alphabet ranked second, and Microsoft, Samsung and Tencent ranked third to fifth, respectively.
Seeing that some people here may have doubts, Tencent's listing is still quite unexpected. After all, in the eyes of the outside world, most of Tencent's business is the Internet industry, games, social networking, audio and video entertainment and other fields. They all seem to have little to do with the attributes of technology.
In addition, Tencent is also an investment company, investing in hundreds of companies, including JD.com, Pinduoduo, Meituan and so on. And most of the companies tencent invests in are Internet giants, so why did Tencent, as an Internet giant, get the title of the world's fifth largest technology company? This issue needs to be explained in two ways.
The first is based on Forbes statistics: Tencent's sales will increase by 24% in 2021 to $86.9 billion. Tencent's market capitalization reached $414.3 billion.
On the one hand, Forbes' thinking is based on the statistics of corporate sales, market value and other indicators, while Tencent's data in all aspects just ranks fifth.
On the other hand, from the definition of technology attributes, Tencent is not only an Internet giant, but also a high-tech enterprise. Many people may not know that Tencent has made in-depth deployments in the field of technology in recent years, including cloud computing, artificial intelligence, operating systems, etc.
These technology-related fields have Tencent's presence. The reason why it feels that the correlation between Tencent and technology is not high may be because Tencent's core business has made everyone stereotyped, and most of Tencent's technology content exists in the mainstream new infrastructure technology industry. But in fact, when it comes to the attributes of technology, Tencent has also made achievements.
Combining the above two aspects, it is reasonable for Tencent to become the world's fifth-largest technology company, and it has received this honor as a widely recognized Internet company. Moreover, as the only Chinese mainland company in the top 20 of the list, Tencent's listing is also credited.
Since Tencent can be listed as the fifth largest technology company in the world, why has it not been ranked with the technological content of Chinese companies such as Huawei?
In fact, this problem is not difficult to explain, because the forbes statistics mentioned earlier have comprehensive indicators, and one of the key indicators is market capitalization. The so-called market value is the total value of the listed company's stock price in the market, and only the listed company has a market value indicator. Other unlisted companies do not have this data.
Huawei is known not to be listed, so it does not appear on this Forbes global technology company list, which does not say anything. The listed companies can only prove their sales and market value, and are not directly related to the level and attributes of science and technology. Huawei will not affect its technological innovation strength because it is not on the list.
If it is a hard-core technology list such as the number of patent applications, scientific research investment, the number of necessary patent applications for 5G, and the market share of communication equipment, Huawei will not fall behind, either ranking first or top three.
Huawei does not need a specific ranking to measure itself, because Huawei is now concerned about how to live with quality, what kind of technology field there are more breakthroughs, and whether to take every step in the future. Since the statistics are the technology rankings of listed companies, there is no need for Huawei to argue.
Some people may wonder, Huawei's technical strength is so strong, why not list? Isn't going public to better raise capital and lay a more solid foundation for technological innovation?
This is where Ren Zhengfei has vision. If Huawei goes public, it is controlled by overseas capital, which can easily affect Huawei's scientific research path. Everything is capital-oriented, how can we engage in scientific research with peace of mind?
Netizen: China's technology companies are best not to list in the United States, once technically catch up or surpass, they will be suppressed through sanctions, delisting, acquisitions and other means. France's Alstom, China's Huawei have suffered from this kind of targeting, the core of the matter is still in their own hands.