A pedestrian passes the Shanghai Stock Exchange. [Photo by Fan Jianlei/For China Daily]

In the first seven months of this year, East China's Shandong province added 25 listed companies, according to official statistics.

Among them, 23 newly listed companies were added to the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges, six more than the whole of last year.

Among the newly listed companies, seven are listed on the Science and Technology Innovation Board and nine are listed on the Growth Enterprise Market.

Fourteen new listed companies are from Shandong's top 10 industries, including four that are in the new-generation information technology sector, three in the medical and healthcare sector, two in the high-end equipment and modern efficient agriculture sectors, one in the new energy and new materials sector, one in the high-end chemical industry and one in modern finance.

Shandong has set up a new information system to help more potential enterprises get listed, said local officials.