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Under the agreement, Jiangsu ’s Economic & Trade Commission will promote the NYSE as the U.S. stock exchange of choice for Jiangsu-based companies intending to list in the United States .

The NYSE will provide comprehensive information about listing in the U.S. and make Jiangsu Province a priority province in China . The NYSE will provide training programs for Jiangsu-based firms to help them prepare for listing on NYSE.

Jiangsu Province ’s Economic & Trade Commission is a government agency that oversees the economic, trade, foreign investment and financial affairs of Jiangsu Province , one of the most economically developed provinces in China . Jiangsu Province is home to a number of leading private companies that are seeking more exposure to investors globally. Its Economic & Trade Commission aims to help Jiangsu-based companies to raise capital abroad for greater development and international growth.

NYSE Group is the world’s leading venue for non-US and global listings, with 453 non-US listings from 47 countries valued at $8.6 trillion, and the highest trading volume of listed foreign companies, with daily trading volume in non-US stocks on the NYSE valued at $7.5 billion.

Background on NYSE-China:

• The NYSE has 16 companies listed from Mainland China .
   
• The total global market capitalization of the 16 NYSE-listed Chinese companies from the mainland was $420 billion as of 6/30/2006 .
  
• In 2005, the NYSE listed Suntech Power Holdings Ltd. (NYSE: STP), the largest entrepreneurial company from China to be listed in the U.S. markets.

Please see below for the link to all the Chinese companies listed:
http://www.nyse.com/about/listed/7.html?country=China

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