World's Most Admired Companies

China National Petroleum Corp.

CONTENDER^†

Top 50 rank: N.A.
Rank in Petroleum Refining: 15
(Previous rank: 11)
Overall score: 5.77

Should these companies be admired, or what?

China National Petroleum Corp. stats

Nine key attributes of reputation	Industry rank
Innovation	13
People management	16
Use of corporate assets	12
Social responsibility	15
Quality of management	11
Financial soundness	8
Long-term investment	15
Quality of products/services	12
Global competitiveness	15

From the March 21, 2011 issue

†Only companies that score in the top half of their industry survey are listed as Most Admired. The rest are listed as contenders.

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