Privatization in fact means simply that the state divests itself of a controlling interest in a company by selling a majority of the stock, or directly selling the firm's assets, to the private sector.
民營化真正所指，其實僅是將政府主控的公營事業，經由股權釋出、資產標售等方式，將所有權轉移至民間私人所屬的過程。