On Outlook China published on April 30, China Merchants Group Chairman was interviewed by reporter Wang Yunwei. "China Merchants is rapidly becoming a competitive world-class enterprise ahead of its time." said Li Jianhong.

By the end of 2016, the company had the total assets under management of 6.81 trillion RMB. The company's profits hit a record high since 2015, with the revenue increasing 34% to 495.4 billion RMB, the total profit growing 34% to 111.2 billion RMB in this year(No.2 among all SOEs). CMG put forward the leading strategy to cope with the challenging of transformation time, with product and service based on internet driver. The company is dedicated to land emerging markets, such as big health industry.