Editor's note: The Shanghai Stock Exchange's sci-tech innovation board, commonly known as the STAR Market, was inaugurated on June 13 last year and started trading with 25 listed firms on July 22.

Launched as the test field of the registration-based initial public offering system, it is designed to focus on companies in the high-tech and strategic emerging sectors.

One year after its launch, let's take a look at some important facts and figures that offer a glimpse of the STAR market.