1. The difference between state-owned enterprises and central enterprises mainly lies in two aspects: ownership or controlling rights, and their role in the development of the national economy.

2. Central enterprises are different from the subordinate units of state-owned enterprises. They are directly managed by the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission. Some heads of central enterprises are hired by the Organization Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. Generally, some state-owned enterprises are under the jurisdiction of local governments, and some are under the central government. of other ministries.

3. State-owned enterprises are the backbone of the development of the national economy, and central enterprises are an important pillar of the national economy.

4. From the perspective of conceptual scope, the scope of state-owned enterprises is broader. Central enterprises are all state-owned enterprises, but state-owned enterprises are not necessarily central enterprises.

Extended information:

The nature of state-owned enterprises is the nature of enterprises owned by the whole people. The so-called enterprises owned by the whole people are essentially enterprises in which the means of production are jointly owned by all the people. The so-called nature of an enterprise owned by the whole people is the nature of an enterprise whose means of production are jointly owned by all the people.

Central enterprises, the abbreviation of "centrally managed enterprises", occupy a dominant position in major industries and key fields related to national security and the lifeline of the national economy, and are an important pillar of the national economy. According to the division of state-owned assets management authority, state-owned enterprises are divided into central enterprises (state-owned enterprises supervised and managed by the central government) and local enterprises (state-owned enterprises supervised and managed by local governments).

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-State-owned Enterprises