日前新三板挂牌公司赛特斯宣布，拟申请首次公开发行股票并在科创板上市，截至3月13日，今年至少有5家新三板公司声称计划在科创板上市。请看本报昨日的报道：

A growing number of companies trading on China’s main over-the-counter (OTC) equity market are defecting to Shanghai’s hotly-anticipated Nasdaq-style technology board, as they follow the money.

Four companies, including Jiangsu Beiren Robot System Co. and Jiangxi JDL Environmental Protection Co., have already decided to ditch Beijing’s New Third Board, and apply for a listing on Shanghai’s Science & Technology Innovation board, expected to be launched in months.

Late Tuesday, Certusnet Information and Technology Co. became the latest defector, saying its shareholders will vote later this month to jump ship. More companies are expected to follow suit.

报道中的OTC equity market就是“股权柜台交易市场”，也就是我们常说的“场外交易市场”，在国内就是指“除了上海主板、深圳中小板和创业板之外的股权交易市场”，主要指新三板。