Operating cash and asset transfers explain different aspects of expansion
Operating cash flow was positive CNY 3,169,081,426.53, while investing cash flow was negative CNY 2,493,795,145.21 and financing cash flow was negative CNY 1,661,228,032.38. Management links the increase in operating cash to lower cash payments for purchased goods and services, investing changes to increased payments for long-lived assets, and financing changes to lower borrowing receipts. These are net category cash flows, not the individual construction payments or a project-level funding balance. Monetary funds ended at CNY 1,854,648,483.23, down 43.63%; the report explains that the previous year-end had concentrated private-placement proceeds that were subsequently used. Fixed assets were CNY 12,768,530,461.88 and construction in progress was CNY 943,888,082.50. The report attributes much of the fixed-asset increase and construction decline to completion and transfer of the Tongxiang 360,000-tonne programme phase-I cold repair and Egypt phase-II 80,000-tonne line. Accounting transfer is distinct from new cash spending or proof of full-capacity output. The phase-I Tongxiang transfer also differs from the phase-II repair underway in the project narrative. Overseas assets of CNY 5,217,755,268.52 represented 21.80% of assets; that asset measure is not overseas revenue or freely available overseas cash.
- Net cash from operating activities / 2016 / consolidated
- RMB 3,169,081,426.53
- Net cash from investing activities / 2016 / consolidated
- RMB -2,493,795,145.21
- Net cash from financing activities / 2016 / consolidated
- RMB -1,661,228,032.38
- Consolidated monetary funds / 2016 / consolidated
- RMB 1,854,648,483.23
- Net fixed assets / 2016 / consolidated
- RMB 12,768,530,461.88
- Consolidated construction in progress / 2016 / consolidated
- RMB 943,888,082.5
- Overseas assets / 2016 / consolidated
- RMB 5,217,755,268.52