Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that a total of 782 new companies were incorporated in the third quarter of 2010, up by 20.1% year-on-year; the total value of registered capital surged by 1.8 times to MOP206 million. Among the new incorporations, 25 were operating in Financial Services and the registered capital totalled MOP102 million, 312 in Wholesale and Retail, 123 in Business Services and 92 in Real Estate. Furthermore, 496 new companies were incorporated with registered capital under MOP50,000, accounting for 63.4% of the total, and the value of capital (MOP13 million) made up merely 6.3% of the total registered capital. Meanwhile, there were 21 new companies incorporated with registered capital of MOP1,000,000 or over, and the value of capital (MOP158 million) accounted for 76.3% of the total. In addition, more than 80% of the new incorporations were limited companies. Capital of the new companies came mainly from Hong Kong (MOP105 million), Macao (MOP74 million) and Mainland China (MOP12 million). In the third quarter of 2010, capital originating from the 9 provinces of the Pan-Pearl River Delta Region amounted to MOP7 million, with that from Guangdong province leading at MOP5 million. Analyzed by place of residence of the shareholders, 473 new companies were established solely by Macao shareholders, and 100 were joint ventures between shareholders from Macao and other countries or regions. In the third quarter of 2010, number of companies in dissolution totalled 120 and the value of registered capital amounted to MOP10 million, of which 31 operated in Wholesale and Retail, those of Real Estate Activities and Construction had 21 each.
