Odaily Planet Daily News Hurun Research Institute released the "Global Unicorn Index 2023" in Guangzhou today, listing the world's non-listed companies founded after 2000 and valued at more than US$1 billion. The deadline for the valuation calculation of this list is December 31, 2022. There are currently 1,361 unicorns in the world, distributed in 48 countries and 271 cities. The total value of global unicorns is US$4.3 trillion (about RMB 30 trillion), an increase of 17% from a year ago, more than double the pre-epidemic level. In terms of the number of unicorns, the financial technology industry has the fastest growth, with 32 more than a year ago. Financial technology has 171 unicorns, making it the industry with the largest number of unicorns in the world, followed by software services (136), e-commerce (120) and artificial intelligence (105). The United States leads with 666 unicorns, China ranks second with 316, India remains in third place, and the United Kingdom ranks fourth. ByteDance remains the world's most valuable unicorn, valued at RMB 1.38 trillion, with Musk's rocket and satellite company SpaceX in second place at RMB 945 billion, and Dubai-based messaging app Telegram rounding out the top 10 at RMB 207 billion. The blockchain industry has 53 unicorns, 23 more than a year ago, led by Malta-based Binance (RMB 138 billion), followed by San Francisco-based Ripple (RMB 105 billion) and New York-based OpenSea (RMB 90 billion). These unicorns account for 3.9% of the world's total unicorns, with a total value of RMB 1.4 trillion.