China Association for Public Companies: 5,579 domestic listed companies at end-September, with total domestic share market value of RMB111.5 trillion.

The September statistical monthly report released by the China Association for Public Companies shows that as of September 30, 2026, there were 5,579 listed companies in the domestic stock market (hereinafter referred to as the "whole market"), with 2,323 on the Shanghai Stock Exchange, 2,908 on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange, and 348 on the Beijing Stock Exchange. By share type, 5,292 companies issued only A-shares, 280 companies had multiple share types such as A+H and A+B, and 7 companies issued only B-shares. In the first three quarters, the proportions of state-controlled listed companies and privately owned listed companies remained stable at 27% and 63%, respectively, with 64 privately owned listed companies added during the year. At the end of the third quarter, by province, Guangdong had the largest number of listed companies (906), while Zhejiang and Jiangsu each had more than 740 listed companies. By CSRC jurisdiction, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Beijing ranked in the top three with 741, 628, and 484 listed companies, respectively, and 22 jurisdictions saw an increase in the number of companies compared with the beginning of the year. At the end of the third quarter, the whole market had total share capital of 8.9 trillion shares, an increase of 219.56 billion shares from the beginning of the year, of which newly listed A-share capital accounted for 56%. Calculated at closing prices, the total market value of domestic shares was RMB111.5 trillion, an increase of RMB2.6 trillion from the beginning of the year. Among them, the market value of the manufacturing sector increased by RMB4.6 trillion from the beginning of the year, the financial sector decreased by RMB1.1 trillion, and the information transmission, software, and information technology services sector decreased by RMB0.6 trillion. In the third quarter, the overall center of listed company market value shifted downward: companies with market value above RMB100 billion decreased by 39; companies with market value of RMB50-100 billion decreased by 17; companies with market value of RMB10-50 billion decreased by 52; companies with market value of RMB5-10 billion increased by 133; and companies with market value below RMB5 billion increased by 19. At the end of the third quarter, the median market value of the whole market was RMB5.94 billion, down RMB210 million from the end of the previous quarter, declining for two consecutive quarters. In the first three quarters, the whole market had 123 newly listed companies through IPOs, raising a total of RMB216.32 billion, of which companies on the ChiNext, STAR Market, and Beijing Stock Exchange accounted for 70% of the funds raised, and companies in strategic emerging industries accounted for more than 90% of the total; 21 companies were delisted smoothly. In the first three quarters, a total of 38 A-share companies in the whole market listed in Hong Kong, and 1 H-share company listed on the main board of the Shenzhen Stock Exchange, including 18 companies in the electronics industry and 4 companies in the power equipment industry, with fundraising by companies in the advanced manufacturing sector relatively active. At the end of the third quarter, there were 1,913 Chinese concept listed companies in major overseas markets, of which H-share companies increased by 64 from the beginning of the year. This article is excerpted from the "China Association for Public Companies" WeChat official account, edited by GMTEight: Chen Siyu.