1. For non-SOEs, they may have emphasized profit maximization over social responsibility. However, in the most recent years, non-SOEs have been performing just as well as SOEs when it comes to being both environmentally and socially responsible. One possible explanation for why non-SOEs have finally caught up to SOEs is perhaps due to the Chinese government emphasizing that non-SOEs contribute to the country;SOEs were more environmentally and socially responsible than compared to non-SOEs,2010