Key information about China Market Capitalization

• China Market Capitalization accounted for 11,870.548 USD bn in Feb 2025, compared with a percentage of 11,513.605 USD bn in the previous month
• China Market Capitalization is updated monthly, available from Jul 1995 to Feb 2025
• The data reached an all-time high of 14,375.423 USD bn in Dec 2021 and a record low of 40.601 USD bn in Jan 1996

CEIC calculates monthly Market Capitalization as the sum of Market Capitalization of Shanghai Stock Exchange and Market Capitalization of Shenzhen Stock Exchange and converts it into USD. Shanghai Stock Exchange and Shenzhen Stock Exchange provides Market Capitalization in local currency. The Federal Reserve Board period end market exchange rate is used for currency conversions.

In 2024, the total market capitalization of China’s stock market totaled 85 trillion yuan. The highest annual turnover in the country’s history, 91.6 trillion yuan, was registered in 2021. In the same year, the trade revenue reached 255 trillion yuan. The development of domestic financial markets was a key objective of the Chinese government. Stock markets in mainland China Mainland China has two major stock exchanges. One is the Shanghai Stock Exchange that consists of the Main-Board Market and the Star Market. The companies listed on the Main-Board were mature and established in their industries, whereas the Star Market targets innovative startups. The other big stock exchange was the Shenzhen Stock Exchange. It was separated into three boards, the Main-Board, the SME-Board, and ChiNext Market. Facilitating innovation One crucial aspect of the financial market development strategy in China was the fostering of innovation. The country had the problem that upcoming, domestic tech-companies preferred to list on stock markets overseas. Therefore, both major bourses established boards that had more lenient listing requirements. For instance, it would allow startups that had not yet turned a profit to gain access to the financial market. These boards were the ChiNext board in Shenzhen and the Star Market in Shanghai.

Graph and download economic data for Stock Market Capitalization to GDP for China (DDDM01CNA156NWDB) from 2003 to 2020 about market cap, stock market, China, capital, and GDP.

In 2023, the market capitalization of the Shanghai Stock Exchange amounted to over 6.5 trillion U.S. dollars. It was the largest bourse based on market capitalization in the Greater China region. In 2023, the market capitalization of the Shanghai Stock Exchange which trades in B shares amounted to 11.5 billion U.S. dollars. B-shares can only be traded by foreign investors, while A shares may only be traded by Chinese citizens.

Key information about China Market Capitalization: % of GDP

• China Market Capitalization accounted for 63.4 % of its Nominal GDP in Dec 2024, compared with a percentage of 59.7 % in the previous year
• China Market Capitalization: % Nominal GDP is updated yearly, available from Dec 1995 to Dec 2024
• The data reached an all-time high of 119.3 % in Dec 2007 and a record low of 5.6 % in Dec 1995

CEIC calculates annual Market Capitalization as % of Nominal GDP from monthly Market Capitalization and annual Nominal GDP. Market Capitalization is calculated as the sum of Market Capitalization of Shanghai Stock Exchange and Market Capitalization of Shenzhen Stock Exchange. Shanghai Stock Exchange and Shenzhen Stock Exchange provides Market Capitalization in local currency. The National Bureau of Statistics provides Nominal GDP in local currency.


Further information about China Market Capitalization: % of GDP

• In the latest reports, Shanghai Stock Exchange recorded a daily P/E ratio of 13.8 in Jan 2025
• Shanghai Shenzhen 300 closed at 3,934.9 points in Dec 2024

The Beijing Stock Exchange was the latest addition to mainland China's financial industry. In January 2025, the market capitalization reached more than 546 billion yuan. The new stock exchange was created by reforming the National Equities Exchange and Quotations (NEEQ) with the intention to provide SMEs who are excluded from the large exchange with a way to obtain capital.

CN: Market Cap: Shanghai SE: Tradable: Environmental Protection data was reported at 198,432.000 RMB mn in Mar 2025. This stayed constant from the previous number of 198,432.000 RMB mn for Feb 2025. CN: Market Cap: Shanghai SE: Tradable: Environmental Protection data is updated monthly, averaging 76,551.000 RMB mn from Jan 2013 (Median) to Mar 2025, with 147 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 198,432.000 RMB mn in Mar 2025 and a record low of 24,256.000 RMB mn in Jul 2013. CN: Market Cap: Shanghai SE: Tradable: Environmental Protection data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Shanghai Stock Exchange. The data is categorized under China Premium Database’s Financial Market – Table CN.ZA: Shanghai Stock Exchange: Market Capitalization.

Stock market capitalization to GDP (%) in China was reported at 83.16 % in 2020, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. China - Stock market capitalization to GDP - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on June of 2025.

CN: Market Cap: Shanghai SE: Tradable: Utility data was reported at 2,427,595.000 RMB mn in Mar 2025. This stayed constant from the previous number of 2,427,595.000 RMB mn for Feb 2025. CN: Market Cap: Shanghai SE: Tradable: Utility data is updated monthly, averaging 490,475.000 RMB mn from Apr 2001 (Median) to Mar 2025, with 287 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 2,650,377.000 RMB mn in Sep 2024 and a record low of 20,952.414 RMB mn in May 2001. CN: Market Cap: Shanghai SE: Tradable: Utility data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Shanghai Stock Exchange. The data is categorized under China Premium Database’s Financial Market – Table CN.ZA: Shanghai Stock Exchange: Market Capitalization.

The market capitalization of listed domestic companies in China decreased to 11.5 trillion U.S. dollars compared to the previous year. Nevertheless, the last two years recorded a significantly higher market capitalization than the preceding years.Market capitalization, or market cap, refers to the total value of all a company's shares of stock. Based on market cap, companies may be categorized as large-, mid-, or small-cap.Find more statistics on other topics about China with key insights such as deposit interest rate.

CN: Market Cap: Shanghai SE: Education data was reported at 15,191.000 RMB mn in Mar 2025. This stayed constant from the previous number of 15,191.000 RMB mn for Feb 2025. CN: Market Cap: Shanghai SE: Education data is updated monthly, averaging 15,390.000 RMB mn from Jan 2013 (Median) to Mar 2025, with 147 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 26,375.000 RMB mn in Jun 2016 and a record low of 1,066.000 RMB mn in Jan 2013. CN: Market Cap: Shanghai SE: Education data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Shanghai Stock Exchange. The data is categorized under China Premium Database’s Financial Market – Table CN.ZA: Shanghai Stock Exchange: Market Capitalization.

This statistic shows the market capitalization of listed companies in China from 2013 to 2023. In 2023, the market capitalization of listed companies in China amounted to about 77.31 trillion yuan.

Market capitalization of listed domestic companies (current US$) in China was reported at 11469346090000 USD in 2022, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. China - Market capitalization of listed companies - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on June of 2025.

China: Stock market capitalization as percent of GDP: The latest value from 2022 is 64.14 percent, a decline from 81.02 percent in 2021. In comparison, the world average is 76.15 percent, based on data from 74 countries. Historically, the average for China from 2003 to 2022 is 57.27 percent. The minimum value, 17.58 percent, was reached in 2005 while the maximum of 126.15 percent was recorded in 2007.

In 2023, the National Equities Exchange and Quotations in China had a market capitalization of 2.2 trillion yuan. The market capitalization increased rapidly after 2014 and reached its peak in 2017 at almost five trillion yuan. A year later, the equity market had lost almost 1.5 trillion yuan in value. This was due to the bad investment climate in 2018 when stocks at the two big stock exchanges in Shanghai and Shenzhen both lost around 24 percent in value. However, since then, the NEEQ was unable to recover. This was because the large exchanges attempted to increase their appeal to young companies. Therefore, boards like the ChiNext in Shenzhen and the StarA board in Shanghai posed serious competition to the equity exchange.

By the end of June 2023, the market capitalization of the manufacturing industry on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange was more than 23 trillion yuan. The second largest industry was the IT sector with 2.6 trillion yuan market capitalization, followed by the finance sector with over 1.6 trillion yuan in issued shares. On the Shenzhen Stock Exchange, many of the traded companies were state-owned enterprises in which the Chinese government maintains control.

CN: Market Cap: Shanghai SE: Tradable: Preferred data was reported at 758,102.000 RMB mn in Apr 2025. This records a decrease from the previous number of 760,324.000 RMB mn for Mar 2025. CN: Market Cap: Shanghai SE: Tradable: Preferred data is updated monthly, averaging 763,461.000 RMB mn from Dec 2021 (Median) to Apr 2025, with 41 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 791,000.000 RMB mn in Jun 2022 and a record low of 753,848.000 RMB mn in Jan 2024. CN: Market Cap: Shanghai SE: Tradable: Preferred data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Shanghai Stock Exchange. The data is categorized under China Premium Database’s Financial Market – Table CN.ZA: Shanghai Stock Exchange: Market Capitalization.

Total value of all listed shares in a stock market as a percentage of GDP.

Value of listed shares to GDP, calculated using the following deflation method: {(0.5)*[Ft/P_et + Ft-1/P_et-1]}/[GDPt/P_at] where F is stock market capitalization, P_e is end-of period CPI, and P_a is average annual CPI. End-of period CPI (IFS line 64M..ZF or, if not available, 64Q..ZF) and annual CPI (IFS line 64..ZF) are from the IMF's International Financial Statistics. Standard & Poor's, Global Stock Markets Factbook and supplemental S&P data)

Source Code: GFDD.DM.01

The largest share of the market capitalization of companies from mainland China listed on the Hong Kong Exchange in 2021 fell into the mainland private enterprise (MPE) category. On the Main Board, MPEs had a market capitalization of almost 22 trillion Hong Kong dollars, whereas on the GEM, the market value of MPEs amounted to over 18 trillion Hong Kong dollars. Mainland private enterprises are privately-owned companies that are registered in mainland China.

The so-called Red Chips refer to Chinese companies that are registered overseas but conduct their business mainly in mainland China and are subjected to influence from the Chinese government in one form or another. Finally, H-shares are also shares from companies from mainland China, but these shares are traded on the Hong Kong Exchange as well as on the mainland Chinese bourses in Shanghai and Shenzhen.

China's main stock market index, the SHANGHAI, rose to 3382 points on June 23, 2025, gaining 0.65% from the previous session. Over the past month, the index has climbed 1.04% and is up 14.12% compared to the same time last year, according to trading on a contract for difference (CFD) that tracks this benchmark index from China. China Shanghai Composite Stock Market Index - values, historical data, forecasts and news - updated on June of 2025.