Editing COSCO (section)

===Mergers===
In 2005, a smaller Central Government owned company, China Ocean Shipping Tally (known as [[China Tally]] in short), was merged into COSCO Group.<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.sasac.gov.cn/n2588035/n2641579/n2641660/c3753761/content.html|script-title=zh:关于中国远洋运输（集团）总公司与中国外轮理货总公司重组的通报|date=March 7, 2005|access-date=December 19, 2020|publisher=企业改革局 of the SASAC of the State Council|language=zh-cn|archive-date=January 31, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230131003740/http://www.sasac.gov.cn/n2588035/n2641579/n2641660/c3753761/content.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 2008, China COSCO Holdings was part of [[Financial Times Global 500]] for the first time.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2008-07-29/083614234058s.shtml|script-title=zh:国酒茅台上榜全球市值前500强|date=July 29, 2008|access-date=December 19, 2020|newspaper=贵州都市报|via=Sina news portal|language=zh-cn}}</ref>

By 2015, after more than 5 decades, COSCO Group expanded into one of the major shipping company of the country. It also had a few listed subsidiaries: COSCO Pacific, [[COSCO International Holdings]], [[China COSCO Holdings]], [[China International Marine Containers]], etc., . Real estate developer, [[Sino-Ocean Group]], was an associate company of COSCO until 2010.

In December 2015, COSCO Group merged with fellow Chinese Government owned [[China Shipping Group]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.straitstimes.com/business/companies-markets/china-shipping-groups-merger-plan-erases-s127b-in-market-value-cosco-corp|title=China shipping groups merger plan erases S$1.27b in market value, Cosco Corp Singapore hit|newspaper=The Straits Times|location= Singapore |agency=Bloomberg|date=December 14, 2015|access-date=December 12, 2020}}</ref> to form China COSCO Shipping. COSCO Group was retained as an intermediate [[holding company]].

In December 2017, COSCO Group (China Ocean Shipping (Group) Company) was re-incorporated from "An industrial enterprise owned by the whole people" to simply a [[limited company]]. The name of the company, also changed to China Ocean Shipping Company, Limited ({{zh|s=中国远洋运输有限公司}}).<ref>{{cite press release|url=https://www1.hkexnews.hk/listedco/listconews/sehk/2017/1213/ltn20171213680_c.pdf|script-title=zh:关于控股股东改制更名及相关工商登记事项变更的公告 |date=December 13, 2017|access-date=December 12, 2020|publisher=COSCO Shipping Holdings |language=zh-cn|via=hkexnews.hk}}</ref>