On the surface, there is no doubt that Baidu, Tencent and Alibaba, the three Internet giants nicknamed BAT, are all China enterprises, with their markets in China and users in China. Their profits mainly come from China, and their helm also comes from China. But surprisingly, the three giants are all foreign-controlled, and all of them are listed overseas without exception.
Take Alibaba, which will be listed soon, as an example. According to the market evaluation, its listing valuation is at least about $654.38+050 billion. The major shareholder is Softbank of Japan, accounting for 34.4% of the shares, and Yahoo of the United States is the second largest shareholder, accounting for 22.6% of the shares. Next is Ma Yun, accounting for nearly 9%.
Alibaba's annual net profit exceeds 30 billion yuan. It can be said that the largest online trading platform in China has invigorated China's economy, contributed huge tax revenue and sent a lot of profits overseas. In order to successfully go public in the United States, Alibaba recently raised the fees for e-commerce customers and enjoyed tax incentives for high-tech enterprises, mainly benefiting overseas investors.
Alibaba's situation is the epitome of the abnormal development of Internet industry in China. Take BAT big three as an example. At the beginning, these companies invested less than $50 billion in foreign capital, and now their market value is about $500 billion, and foreign capital has gained more than $400 billion. The appreciation based on China market has nothing to do with China capital market and China investors.
Of course, the development and profits of these Internet giants just illustrate the vastness of China market and the vision and ability of foreign venture capitalists. As a market principle, it is necessary for these giants to submit profits to investors. But on the other hand, does it also explain the problems in domestic related fields: why is it foreign holding? Why are most of them listed abroad?
It finally boils down to one point. Why did China make a wedding dress for others? In the view of Wang Zaibang, former vice president of China Institute of Contemporary International Relations, the absence of China Capital highlights its lack of market awareness and quick success. In other words, it lacks a general model of development, just to make money instead of doing business.
What is more crucial is the problem of China's capital market. Yuan Shengang, CEO of Netcom Technology, believes that the design flaws in China's capital market and the sauce jar culture have also led to a large number of technology companies going public overseas. In this way, the profits of outstanding enterprises in China will fall into the pockets of overseas investors.
Today's era is an era of change, and the Internet will reshape the world economy and national boundaries to a great extent. China's Internet giants' entry into the international capital market may also be an annotation of global integration, which reflects China's openness and self-confidence. This is the direction that should be adhered to. However, for a country's economy, a large number of profits flow overseas, which domestic investors miss, but inevitably become hidden dangers.