ChiNext

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ChiNext is a

NASDAQ-style subsidiary of the Shenzhen Stock Exchange.[1] The first batch of firms started trading on ChiNext on October 30, 2009.[2]
As of June 2015, there were 464 firms listed on ChiNext.

ChiNext aims to attract innovative and fast-growing enterprises, especially high-tech firms.[3][4][5] Its listing standards are less stringent than those of the Main and SME Boards of the Shenzhen Stock Exchange.[6]

History

The initial proposal to establish a stock exchange for high-tech firms in China came in August 1999, which was a time when internet stocks were highly popular in the US. However, the plans were shelved for a long time, potentially due to the burst of the dot-com bubble in 2000 and the lost confidence in internet and technology stocks. ChiNext was finally inaugurated in Shenzhen on 23 October 2009.[7]

The shares of the first batch of 28 firms made their debut on ChiNext on October 30, 2009, with a Total Market Cap value of nearly 11 billion RMB and a Total Negotiable Cap. Value of 7.8 billion RMB. Trading in each of these stocks had to be temporarily suspended on this day due to their prices reaching change limits.[8] The second batch contained eight firms whose shares started trading on December 25, 2009. At the end of 2009 there were 36 firms listed on ChiNext. In 2010, a further 117 firms went public, increasing the total number of listed firms to 153. 128 and 74 firms went public in 2011 and 2012 respectively. As a result, there were 355 firms listed by the end of 2012.

The

CSRC to reopen the IPO market. In May 2014, CSRC announced a change in rules that eased profitability requirements for firms seeking a listing on ChiNext.[9]

As of June 2014, the Total Market Cap. Value of all companies was 95 billion RMB and the Negotiable Cap. Value was almost 59 billion RMB.[10]

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