With the increasing awareness of market value management among listed companies, employee stock ownership plans have gradually gained favor from more companies. Since the beginning of this year, the amount of employee stock ownership plans implemented by listed companies has exceeded the total for the entire last year. According to statistics from Securities Times·Data Treasure, as of September 29, 167 listed companies have implemented employee stock ownership plans this year, of which 144 companies have announced the scale of funds for the implementation of these plans, totaling 15.399 billion yuan, surpassing last year's total of 12.699 billion yuan. The enthusiasm of listed companies for implementing employee stock ownership plans has significantly increased. From the perspective of individual companies, 24 companies have implemented employee stock ownership plans with a funding scale exceeding 100 million yuan this year, with BYD investing the most at 3.988 billion yuan; Midea Group, Zhongfu, and Haier Smart Home followed closely, with amounts reaching 1.331 billion yuan, 1.056 billion yuan, and 756 million yuan, respectively
