significantly higher market valuations than unicorns in either of these sectors.
A unicorn company is a privately owned startup that has a current valuation of one billion U.S. dollars or over. As of April 2021, the sectors home to the highest number of unicorns in China were technology and telecommunications, and transportation and logistics. However, Chinese unicorns active in finance or insurance had Number of unicorn companies in China as of April 2021, by industry
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