Futu Holdings Limited

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Futu Holdings' third quarter 2023 conference call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. After management's prepared remarks, there will be a Q&A session. Today's conference call is being recorded. If you have any objections, you may disconnect at this time. I would now like to turn the conference over to your host for today's conference call, Daniel Yuan, Chief of Staff to CEO and Head of IR at Fudu. Please go ahead.

Thanks, Operator. And thank you for joining us today to discuss our third quarter 2023 earnings results. Joining me on the call today are Mr. Leif Leif, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Arthur Chen, Chief Financial Officer, and Robin Xu, Senior Vice President. As a reminder, today's call may include forward-looking statements, which represent the company's belief regarding future events, which by their nature are not certain and are outside of the company's control. Forward-looking statements involve inherent risks and uncertainties. We caution you that a number of important factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those containing any forward-looking statements. For more information about the potential risks and uncertainties, please refer to the company's filings with the SEC. including its annual report on Form 20F. So with that, I will now turn the call over to Leif. Leif will make his comments in Chinese, and I will translate.

Thank you for attending today's conference. In the third quarter, we have added about 6.5 million self-employed customers, with a growth of 12%. The total number of self-employed customers has reached 1.65 million, with a growth of 14%. In 2023, in the first three quarters, we have obtained more than