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</div> </div><!-- /#header --> <div id="content"> <div class="primary"> <div class="article toppage"> <div class="topic article-box"> <div class="sub-title">Marching orders</div> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20150914233226/http://asia.nikkei.com/Politics-Economy/Policy-Politics/With-reforms-Xi-bulking-up-state-companies-to-take-on-the-world">With reforms, Xi bulking up state companies to take on the world</a></h2> <div class="column-layout"> <div class="img-side"> <a href="/web/20150914233226/http://asia.nikkei.com/Politics-Economy/Policy-Politics/With-reforms-Xi-bulking-up-state-companies-to-take-on-the-world"> <img src="/web/20150914233226im_/http://asia.nikkei.com/var/site_cache/storage/images/node_43/node_51/2015/201509/0914n/0914n-china-state-company/3322133-1-eng-GB/0914N-China-state-company_main_image.jpg" width="280" alt=""/> </a> <p class="img-caption"> Chinese rolling-stock giants China CNR and CSR combined to form CRRC earlier this year. </p> </div> <div class="text"> <p><span class="writer">TETSUYA ABE, Nikkei staff writer</span></p> <p>BEIJING -- President Xi Jinping&#039;s government is speeding up consolidation of state-owned enterprises to create industry giants ready to compete in the global market. 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