On May 26^th, 2016, Forbes Global 2000 was released. Zijin ranked No.1175 on the list, and it is the only Chinese gold enterprise listed.

Zijin ranked No.3 among the global listed gold enterprises with no change compared with last year. The first two gold enterprises were Barrick Gold Corp. (No.913) and Newmont Mining Corp. (No.977) respectively.