China's private sector takes back seat in post-COVID recovery

Profits slide for first time while state-owned companies benefit more from stimulus

IORI KAWATE, Nikkei staff writer

BEIJING -- Once the driver of China's meteoric growth, private-sector companies in the country are struggling to bounce back from the pandemic downturn as they lose ground to a bloated public sector.

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