43 firms debut on China's "new third board"

BEIJING, Dec. 16 (Xinhua) -- Forty-three new small and medium-sized enterprises debuted on China's National Equities Exchange and Quotation (NEEQ), also known as the "new third board," in the past week.

The newcomers brought the total number of companies on the board to 11,636, according to NEEQ.

Weekly turnover on the board stood at 4.16 billion yuan (about 630 million U.S. dollars), slightly down from 4.34 billion yuan the previous week.

NEEQ was launched in early 2013 to supplement the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges in serving small and medium-sized enterprises. It is seen as an easy financing channel for small businesses, with low costs and simple listing procedures. Enditem