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OTC stock trading volume is on the rise.

Volume of shares trading on the OTC exchange is up 13% since January 2011 and up 44% since January 2010.

Investor demand is increasing for Chinese listed companies on U.S. stock exchanges.

In 2010, $4 billion was raised in public offerings of 39 Chinese companies in the U.S. In the past 60 days, 7 Chinese companies have gone public in the U.S. raising over $570 million USD.

APOs have many advantages over IPOs.

Alternative Public Offerings (APO) have many advantages for investors compared to the more popular Initial Public Offering (IPO). In an APO, investors are usually able to purchase stock at a discount to market, the timeline for becoming public is quicker, the costs are lower for the Chinese company doing the APO, and risk of not completing the public offering is significantly reduced.

PIPEs PROVIDE CAPITAL TO APOs

Private Investment into a Public Entity (PIPE) is a term used for the capital injected by investment banks and investors into a company during the APO process, much in the same way as an IPO, by the issuance of stock by the company to these investors.