The newly-established Beijing Stock Exchange started trading Monday morning, with the first batch of 81 companies debuting on the bourse. The companies listed include 10 that were newly approved and 71 that were transferred from the select tier of China's National Equities Exchange and Quotations, also known as the "new third board."

11月15日上午，新成立的北京证券交易所鸣钟开市。北交所开市首日有81只股票交易，包括10只上市新股和71只精选层平移股票。

Yi Huiman, chairman of the China Securities Regulatory Commission, has hailed the launch of the BSE as "another landmark in China's capital market reform and development,” he said at the launch ceremony. “

证监会主席易会满在北交所揭牌暨开市仪式上表示，北交所揭牌开市是我国资本市场改革发展的又一重要标志性事件。

It is also of vital importance in creating a multi-level capital market, improving financial support for SMEs, as well as promoting innovation-driven development and economic transformation and upgrading.”

对于进一步健全多层次资本市场，加快完善中小企业金融支持体系，推动创新驱动发展和经济转型升级，都具有十分重要的意义。