Most of the companies accused of impropriety are privately run, not state-owned enterprises.

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Sure, they are privately owned, profit-making enterprises.

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So many of its leading enterprises are either government-owned or privately-held.

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Many of the Chinese companies involved are privately held, like Shuanghui, as opposed to the big state-owned enterprises that often act on behalf of Beijing on the international stage.

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