The above figure includes more than 14,000 firms established in August, representing a year-on-year increase of 17.9 percent and a month-on-month growth of 14.05 percent.

Also in August, the number of businesses resumed operation saw a year-on-year decline of 3.1 percent and a month-on-month decrease of 10.9 percent. 

In the January-August period, 11,787 enterprises were dissolved, posting a year-on-year decline of 4.2 percent.