China’s Ministry of Science and Technology has announced the 2017 China Unicorn Enterprise Development Report (in Chinese) and the Zhongguancun Unicorn Enterprise Development Report. 164 companies have made the top unicorn list, with a total valuation of $628.4 billion. Ant Financial took the crown with a valuation at $75 billion. Didi Chuxing and Xiaomi were placed second and third with $56 billion and $46 billion valuation, respectively. Other unicorns in the top ten are Alibaba Cloud, Meituan-Dianping, CATL (宁德时代), Jinri Toutiao, Cainiao, Lufax (陆金所), Jiedaibao, many of which had a big jump in valuation in the past year. iQiyi, Shenzhou Zhuanche, ofo, and many other big-name startups have also made the list.
To no surprise, most unicorns come one of the five categories: e-commerce, internet finance, health, culture and entertainment, and logistics. And over 84% of the unicorns come from Beijing, Shanghai, Hangzhou, and Shenzhen
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