Top 10 Asia's most valuable companies in 2017

Twenty-six companies from the Chinese mainland were listed among Asia's top 50 most valuable companies by the end of 2017, according to Nikkei.

Well-known Chinese company Tencent took the crown on the list, with a market value of $493.34 billion, followed by Alibaba and Samsung.

The Nikkei said the market value of Asia's companies increased 28 percent from a year earlier, to reach $25.74 trillion by the end of 2017. The size accounted for 31.8 percent of the global total.

Here are the top 10 most valuable companies in Asia.

No 10 Ping An Insurance Group

Market value: $193.91 billion