近日,海外媒体一则中国政府正在考虑整合石油央企的报道,引起媒体和网络的热议。报道称,根据中央领导层的要求,官方经济顾问提出了整合大型国有石油公司的可行性意见,一个方案是合并中国石油和中国石化,另一个方案包括合并中国海油和中化集团。而如此整合的目的,是要减少相互竞争造成的业务重叠和低效浪费,提高运营效率、盈利能力和国际竞争力,打造能够与美国石油巨头埃克森美孚匹敌的中国石油企业。乍看起来这些观点和想法,似乎有一定的道理。但 Recently, a Chinese media overseas is considering the integration of oil-based central enterprises and arousing heated media and Internet sentiments. According to reports from the central leadership, the official economic adviser has put forward the feasibility of integrating large state-owned oil companies. One proposal is to merge PetroChina with Sinopec and the other involves the merger of CNOOC and Sinochem. The purpose of such integration is to reduce the business overlap and inefficient waste caused by mutual competition, improve operational efficiency, profitability and international competitiveness, and build a Chinese oil company capable of rivaling the U.S. oil giant ExxonMobil. At first glance these views and ideas seem to have some truth. but