Since restrictions on setting up new brokerage companies were lifted last May, the number of companies on the island has jumped from 14 to 104, and that figure still doesn't include 13 commercial banks with brokerage branches and 40 companies that have applied for operating licenses but not yet received them.
尤其去年五月開放新設證券商後，國內原本只有十四家號子的證券市場，一下子增加了八十九家，這還不包括由銀行信託部兼營的十三家，及正在申請，還沒有領到執照的四十家證券公司。