In the past year, although the epidemic is over, consumption has been downgraded, which has led to many companies falling into operational difficulties, resulting in a sharp decline in profits.
In fact, if a private company has a decline in profits or losses, this is normal, after all, they don't have anyone to help him. Consumer demand is insufficient, and once there is overcapacity, it will inevitably fall into losses, or even go bankrupt, and it is understandable to go bankrupt.
But over the years, some monopolistic businesses have also lost money year after year, which is more unbelievable.
What's even more strange is that these so-called loss-making enterprises almost never have to worry about finding workers in society, because every year there are a large number of people rushing to get in and go to work, this phenomenon is really strange and really incomprehensible.
For example, the major fields we are going to talk about today, hospitals, electric power, high-speed rail, and tobacco, these industries are basically monopoly businesses in China, and there is no need to worry about no market, let alone product sales. However, almost all of these companies are in the red, and even in the past two years, there has been news that 50% of the hospitals in the mainland are in a state of loss, which is really surprising.
In the eyes of many people, in the past, seeing a doctor was almost the right medicine, and the cost was not high, and a headache, brain fever and a small cold may be solved for a few dollars.
On the contrary, now, headache and brain fever have to go to the hospital to have various examinations, not to mention the treatment costs, the cost of various examinations is calculated to be hundreds or thousands, the unit price of customers is getting higher and higher, and there is even a loss, which is really a bit unbelievable.
In fact, there is a reason why this happens.
For example, at present, in addition to the large hospitals in the cities, there are also many small hospitals in the major villages and towns, and the resources of these hospitals are relatively limited, and the number of people who see patients is not so many, so they are basically in a state of long-term loss.
But after all, it is still necessary to ensure the medical treatment of township residents, so for many years, even if rural hospitals have been losing money, they cannot give up their operations, which leads to many hospitals finally having to rely on medical insurance.
For example, the mainland's tobacco industry, the electric power industry, and the high-speed rail industry, all of which seem to be relatively popular industries, why have they also suffered losses?
01.
The first large taxpayer
China Tobacco has lost 430 million yuan in three years
There are 300 million smokers in China, accounting for nearly one-third of the number of smokers in the world, so many people, one person consumes 1,000 a year to buy cigarettes, which is 300 billion.
However, according to the content of the report of China Tobacco, as the tobacco company with the highest degree of monopoly and the largest profit margin in China, it has lost money for three consecutive years, with a total loss of 5 billion yuan. What's going on here?
In fact, when smokers buy cigarettes, a large part of the money paid cannot be converted into the profits of the tobacco company at all, but is paid to the state for taxes.
According to the data disclosed by the State Tobacco Monopoly Administration of China, in 2021, the total industrial and commercial tax profit of our country's tobacco industry reached 1.35 trillion yuan, and the total financial profit reached 1.24 trillion yuan, and in 2022, these two figures increased to more than 1.4 trillion yuan respectively.
In other words, the tobacco bureau paid taxes on the vast majority of its revenue, which led to the so-called loss.
In addition, tobacco companies are also indispensable to various operating expenses, including labor salary expenses, operating expenses and other cost expenses, which seem to be small, but in fact they are surprisingly high.
According to information disclosed online, China's tobacco industry employs more than 550,000 people, and some say that the per capita income is more than 190,000, and some even say that it is higher.
From the perspective of personnel alone, the tobacco industry's annual salary expenditure will exceed 100 billion, not counting other benefits, bonuses, and other operating costs, and the expenditure is even more, which may also be the cause of its debt.
02.
The power grid lost more than 3 trillion
As we all know, the mainland is a country with a large population, and the demand for electricity is naturally very huge.
According to our thinking, when more than one billion people in China are paying electricity bills, the country will not lose a lot of money, if not a lot of money.
But in fact, some data show that our national grid still has more than 3 trillion debts, which is really surprising.
So, why does the State Grid continue to lose money because of the fact that the State Grid has more than 1 billion users? According to an insider, this is mainly because the power grid equipment and manpower have paid extremely high costs for many years.
Moreover, even if the cost is high, it is impossible to pass on the high cost to consumers like private enterprises, after all, electricity supply involves people's livelihood issues, and the high price of electricity will affect the lives of ordinary people, even enterprise production, and more importantly, even affect international competitiveness.
Therefore, over the years, the price of domestic residential electricity, including production electricity, has basically not increased much, which is also a major reason for the loss of the power grid.
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The high-speed rail industry lost 6 trillion yuan
In the eyes of many people, high-speed rail is also a particularly lucrative industry, after all, the current high-speed rail fares are not cheap. However, the real situation is that for many years, domestic high-speed rail has also been in a state of loss.
It is reported that the total revenue of China Railway Group in 2022 will be 1.13 trillion yuan, basically the same as in 2021, and the net profit loss will be 69.561 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 39.53%.
As of December 31, 2022, China Railway Group's debt was 6.11 trillion yuan, an increase of 3.21% from 5.92 trillion yuan in the same period last year. The debt ratio has also increased from 66.33% in 2021 to 66.41% currently.
Obviously, so many people take it, why is there such a huge loss in high-speed rail?
The reason for the loss of the National Railway Group is mainly because the cost of building high-speed rail for many years is too large, for example, when building high-speed rail railways, most of them have to dig mountains and mountains, and these costs are definitely higher than other expenses.
For example, in 2021, 4,000 kilometers were added in a year, and the railway investment was as high as more than 800 billion yuan, that is, nearly 200 million yuan per kilometer.
To make a simple calculation, if the total mileage of high-speed rail operation exceeds 40,000 kilometers, then the investment in high-speed rail projects alone has reached 8 trillion yuan.
In addition, the production and operating costs of high-speed rail are very high, so it can only be developed with debt.
In short, some of the above-mentioned monopolistic businesses have indeed lost money for many years, while others have been in debt for other reasons, but no matter what the reason is, the money still goes into the field of people's livelihood.
In other words, these industries are not for the purpose of making money, but more to ensure people's livelihood and meet the basic life of the people. Even if some industries are really profitable, in the end, they are taken from the people for the people.
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