| 1 | So state enterprises were forced to borrow. | |
| 2 | The idea of working for state-owned enterprises has little attraction to young people nowadays. | |
| 3 | The biggest state-owned firms are often big only because they are shielded from competition. | |
| 4 | We want all state-owned enterprise workers to have restarted this routine by next year. | |
| 5 | John Farmer, a shareholder, said the deal with state-owned firm Chinalco "could be construed as selling part of the family silver". |