Top 15 biggest employers in the world
- By Zhang Junmian
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China.org.cn, September 14, 2011
As governments in all countries are making all-out efforts to eliminate unemployment, these large companies have created more job opportunities for millions of people.
Walmart, the United States' largest retailer, stood out as the world's biggest employer with a total of 2.1 million employees in 2010, according to a news report published by the Economist online recently.
China's energy giant-China National Petroleum came in as the second biggest employer in the world, boasting 1.67 million workforce, a 1.5 percent increase over the previous year. The State Grid Corporation of China took the third spot on the list, reporting a total of 1.56 million staff, a 2.0 percent increase from 2009.
Chinese companies dominated the list of the heavyweights which enjoy the greatest number of employees. A total of 8 Chinese corporate employers were included in the list, followed by the United States (3) and Germany (2).
Following are the top 15 biggest employers in the world in 2010:
|
Ranking |
Company |
Country |
Employees (million) |
% change on previous year |
|
1 |
Walmart 沃爾瑪 |
United States |
2.1 |
nil |
|
2 |
China National Petroleum 中國石油天然氣集團公司 |
China |
1.67 |
1.5 |
|
3 |
State Grid Corporation of China 中國國家電網公司 |
China |
1.56 |
2.0 |
|
4 |
China Post Group 中國郵政集團公司 |
China |
0.86 |
2.4 |
|
5 |
Hon Hai Precision Industry(Foxconn) 鴻海科技集團 |
China |
0.84 |
36.8 |
|
6 |
Sinopec(China Petrochemical Corporation) 中國石油化工集團公司 |
China |
0.64 |
1.1 |
|
7 |
US Postal Service 美國郵政 |
United States |
0.63 |
-6.0 |
|
8 |
China Telecom 中國電信 |
China |
0.49 |
-0.3 |
|
9 |
Carrefour 家樂福 |
France |
0.47 |
-0.9 |
|
10 |
Agricultural Bank of China 中國農業銀行 |
China |
0.44 |
0.7 |
|
11 |
Compass Group 康帕斯集團 |
United Kingdom |
0.43 |
10.9 |
|
12 |
IBM 國際商業機器 |
United States |
0.43 |
6.8 |
|
13 |
Deutsche Post 德國郵政集團 |
Germany |
0.42 |
-1.4 |
|
14 |
Aviation Industry Corporation of China 中國航空工業集團公司 |
China |
0.40 |
3.5 |
|
15 |
Siemens 西門子 |
Germany |
0.40 |
-0.6 |
