It's just three months into 2018, but a number of Chinese companies have already filed to go public in the US. Two months ago, Huami Corporation the smart wearable device partner of Xiaomi, filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission for a 159 million US dollar IPO. At the end of February, GreenTree Hospitality Group, which franchises over 2,000 economy and mid-scale hotels in China also filed with the SEC to raise up to 200 million dollars in an initial public offering. And Sunlands Online Education Group, a Chinese provider of online courses for professional qualifications, has launched a 300 million dollar IPO in New York. According to Renaissance Capital, 16 Chinese firms went public and collectively raised 3.4 billion dollars on US exchanges -- that's more than double the number in 2016.