An additional 131 companies have already listed on either the SME or the ChiNext Board in 2011.

FORBES: China's Equity Markets

With their emphasis on smaller, fast-growing private companies, the SME and the ChiNext boards have become the centers of IPO activity in China.

FORBES: China's Equity Markets

The 227 companies listed on ChiNext have a total market value of RMB 717.1 billion and trade at an average 42.2 times earnings.

FORBES: China's Equity Markets

The SME board was launched in 2004 to assist smaller growth companies in China to raise capital, and the Shenzhen stock exchange added the ChiNext board, a NASDAQ-type exchange for high-growth, high-tech start-ups, in 2010.

FORBES: China's Capital Markets At An Inflection Point