Facts and figures of the STAR Market (as of July 22)

? Number of listed companies: 140

? Total market value: 2.7 trillion yuan ($343.2 billion)

? Number of companies with market value exceeding 50 billion yuan: 10

? Number of companies with market value exceeding 10 billion yuan: 65

? Total financing: 204.9 billion yuan

? Largest financing: 53.2 billion yuan of Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp (SMIC)

? Number of companies choosing the listing rules excluding profitability requirements: 55

? Average time to go through regulators' revision: 62 days

? Shortest time to go through regulators' revision: 45 days of SMIC

? Average R&D expense to revenue ratio: 10%

? Average number of patents owned by each company: 107

SOURCES: SHANGHAI STOCK EXCHANGE, WIND INFO