Chipmaker SMIC touts benefits of $6.5bn China share listing plan

Beijing keen on biggest offering on tech STAR Market amid tension with US

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A successful offering would give SMIC, China's top contract chipmaker, a market capitalization similar to BYD and SAIC Motor -- the country's two biggest automakers.  © Reuters

CHENG TING-FANG and LAULY LI, Nikkei staff writers

TAIPEI -- Semiconductor Manufacturing International Co.'s planned 46.3 billion yuan ($6.55 billion) share offering in Shanghai will help the Chinese chipmaker grasp a "precious opportunity" in the domestic semiconductor market, the world's largest, its chairman said on Monday.

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