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From the Dojima Rice Exchange — the world's first futures market — to modern Shanghai, East Asian exchanges reveal a deep history of financial innovation.
| Exchange | City | Country | Established | Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linzi Commercial Quarter (State of Qi) | Linzi | China | c. 700 BCE | Ancient Chinese walled city with riverside commercial district |
| Dunhuang Monastery Pawnshops | Dunhuang | China | c. 5th century CE | Buddhist monastic lending complex |
| Chang’an West Market (Guifang Counting Houses) | Chang’an (Xi’an) | China | c. 618 CE | Tang Dynasty walled commercial complex |
| Song Dynasty Kaifeng Market District | Kaifeng | China | c. 960 CE | Song Dynasty open commercial city |
| Thirteen Factories of Canton (廣州十三行) | Guangzhou (Canton) | China | c. 1684 (rose to monopoly under the Canton System, 1757–1842) | Sino-Western: Chinese hang plan with applied European Neoclassical façades (columns, arcades, pediments) |
| Dojima Rice Exchange | Osaka | Japan | 1697 | Traditional Japanese |
| Shanghai Stock Exchange | Shanghai | China | 1866 | Western influences |
| Tokyo Stock Exchange (Historical) | Tokyo | Japan | 1878 | Art Deco / Western Modernist (1931 building) |
| Osaka Securities Exchange Building (Osaka Exchange) | Osaka | Japan | 1878 | Early Japanese Modernism with Art Deco detailing |
| Nagoya Stock Exchange (名古屋証券取引所) | Nagoya | Japan | 1886 | Contemporary commercial / modern office architecture |
| Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEX) | Hong Kong | China | 1891 | Colonial, Modern |
| Qingdao Exchange Building | Qingdao | China | 1920s | Western Neoclassical |
| Tianjin Stock Exchange | Tianjin | China | 1921 | Neoclassical / Beaux-Arts (concession-era financial district) |
| Korea Exchange (KRX) (한국거래소) | Seoul | South Korea | 1956 | Modern |
| Taiwan Stock Exchange (TWSE) | Taipei | Taiwan | 1961 | Modern |
| Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) | Bangkok | Thailand | 1975 | Contemporary Modernist |
| Tokyo Commodity Exchange (TOCOM) | Tokyo | Japan | 1984 | Modern |
| Mongolian Stock Exchange (MSE) | Ulaanbaatar | Mongolia | 1991 | Soviet Neoclassical |
| Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE) | Dalian | China | 1993 | Modern |
| Shanghai Futures Exchange (SHFE) | Shanghai | China | 1999 | Modern |
| Hong Kong Mercantile Exchange (HKMEx) | Hong Kong | China | 2011 | Modern |