China's new Nasdaq-style tech board welcomes first listing

Apple and Samsung supplier looks to raise $145m on Shanghai's Star Market

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Suzhou HYC Technology, which manufactures components for makers of liquid crystal displays, semiconductors and electric vehicles, will begin online subscription for shares on June 27.

CK TAN, Nikkei staff writer

SHANGHAI -- The Shanghai Stock Exchange has given its first approval to a local tech company to begin price discovery for listing on SSE Star Market, China's newly launched Nasdaq-style index.

Test equipment maker Suzhou HYC Technology hopes to raise 1 billion yuan ($145 million), according to a filing on the exchange, even as market players expressed concern about young companies bound for the new board.

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