It is learned from the Zhongshan Administration for Market Regulation that by the end of June, some 439,000 market entities were registered in Zhongshan, involving 753,484 billion yuan of registered capital, an increase of 11.01% and 12.16% respectively from the same period last year. Among them, 39,406 new market entities were registered in the first half of this year.

In the first half of the year, there were some 16,300 patent applications, 15,100 authorized patents, 11,100 trademark registration applications, 9,500 registered trademarks, and 100 million yuan of intellectual property financing for enterprises in Zhongshan.

At present, the average time to start a business in Zhongshan has been reduced to half a working day. The continuous improvement of the business environment has greatly stimulated the vitality of the market and has become an important factor for the continuous growth of Zhongshan's market entities.