The data for ENR Top Chinese Design Firms was compiled by Construction Times, a Shanghai-based industry newspaper, based on ENR-designed survey questionnaire. The list ranks the top 60 China-based design firms, both publicly and privately held, based on the revenue for design services performed in 2009 in $ millions.
(*) means company was not ranked in 2010.
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Top Chinese Contractors |
| RANK | FIRM NAME | Design Revenue ($ Mil.) |
|---|---|---|
1 |
China Chengda Engineering Co. Ltd. | 972.67 |
2 |
Hydrochina Corp. | 972.00 |
3 |
SINOPEC Engineering Inc. | 908.00 |
4 |
China Power Engineering Consulting Group Co. | 889.81 |
5 |
China Railway Eryuan Engineering Group Co. Ltd. | 564.63 |
6 |
China Railway SIYUAN Survey and Design Group Co. Ltd. | 409.92 |
7 |
The Third Railway Survey and Design Institute Group Corp. | 380.82 |
8 |
Shanghai Xian Dai Architectural Design (Group) Co. Ltd. | 352.92 |
9 |
China Architecture Design & Research Group | 308.01 |
10 |
China Petroleum Pipeline Engineering Corp. | 277.41 |
11 |
China Huanqiu Contracting & Engineering Corp. | 266.91 |
12 |
Hydrochina Chengdu Engineering Corp. | 249.73 |
13 |
China Nuclear Power Design Co. Ltd. (Shen Zhen) | 227.40 |
14 |
China United Engineering Corp. | 193.04 |
15 |
Architectural Design & Research Institute of Tongji University (Group) Co. Ltd. | 189.63 |
16 |
Northwest Electric Power Design Inst. of China Power Eng'g Consulting Group | 186.49 |
17 |
Guangdong Electric Power Design Institute | 170.30 |
18 |
Hydrochina Xibei Engineering Corp. | 166.94 |
19 |
East China Investigation and Design Institute | 161.57 |
20 |
CCCC First Highway Consultants Co. Ltd. | 156.64 |
21 |
Luoyang Petrochemical Engineering Corp./SINOPEC | 152.95 |
22 |
CCCC Highway Consultants Co. Ltd. | 152.95 |
23 |
HydroChina Kunming Engineering Corp. | 149.62 |
24 |
MID-SOUTH Design and Research Institute, CHECC | 146.98 |
25 |
China ENFI Engineering Corp. | 140.81 |
26 |
CCCC Second Highway Consultants Co. Ltd. | 134.55 |
27 |
Central Southern China Electric Power Design Institute | 132.39 |
28 |
China Highway Engineering Consulting Group Co. Ltd. | 132.13 |
29 |
North China Power Eng'g Co. Ltd. of China Power Eng'g Consulting Group | 131.58 |
30 |
China Tianchen Engineering Corp. | 128.61 |
31 |
CPECC Southwest Electric Power Design Institute | 119.19 |
32 |
China Aluminum International Engineering Corp. Ltd. | 117.84 |
33 |
East China Electric Power Design Institute | 112.79 |
34 |
Northeast Electric Power Design Inst. of China Power Eng'g Consulting Group | 110.35 |
35 |
Beijing Urban Engineering Design & Research Institute Co. Ltd. | 108.43 |
36 |
WISDRI Engineering & Research Inc. Ltd. | 99.64 |
37 |
Jiangsu Transportation Research Institute Co. Ltd. | 97.10 |
38 |
China Haisum Engineering Co. Ltd. | 94.43 |
39 |
China IPPR Engineering Corp. | 93.68 |
40 |
CCCC Water Transportation Consultants Co. Ltd. | 89.17 |
41 |
CCCC Third Harbor Consultants Co. Ltd. | 88.46 |
42 |
Hydrochina Guiyang Engineering Corp. | 88.39 |
43 |
SCIEG Beijing Huayu Engineering Co. Ltd. | 85.27 |
44 |
Henan Electric Power Survey & Design Institute | 81.26 |
45 |
Wuhuan Engineering Co. Ltd. | 80.70 |
46 |
The Architectural Design and Research Institute of Guangdong Province | 78.14 |
47 |
Shanghai Urban Construction Design & Research Institute | 74.42 |
48 |
China Shipbuilding NDRI Engineering Co. Ltd. | 72.59 |
49 |
CCCC-FHDI Engineering Co. Ltd. | 71.18 |
50 |
CISDI Engineering Co. Ltd. | 71.15 |
51 |
SINOPEC Shanghai Engineering Co. Ltd. | 70.88 |
52 |
WUZHOU Engineering Design & Research Institute | 68.74 |
53 |
Shanghai Posts & Telecommunications Designing Consulting Institute Co. Ltd. | 66.63 |
54 |
Hebei Electric Power Design & Research Institute | 58.57 |
55 |
Shanghai Tunnel Engineering & Rail Transit Design & Research Institute | 56.40 |
56 |
China Electronics Engineering Design Institute | 55.98 |
57 |
CCCC First Harbor Consultants Co. Ltd. | 52.56 |
58 |
ACRE Coking & Refractory Engineering Consulting Corp., MCC | 51.49 |
59 |
Wuhan Architectural Design Institute | 50.65 |
60 |
DongFeng Design Institute Co. Ltd. | 48.11 |
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