Shanghai Stock Exchange listing-service WeChat said for the week Oct 12–18 no
new IPO applications were accepted. As of Oct 18, 248 firms have been accepted
YTD: 63 at the SSE (Main Board 11, STAR Market 52), 80 at the SZSE (Main Board
11, ChiNext 69) and 105 at the Beijing Stock Exchange. Companies under review
across exchanges totaled 387: SSE 89 (Main 20, STAR 69), SZSE 95 (Main 17,
ChiNext 78), BSE 203.