China techChipmaker SMIC touts benefits of $6.5bn China share listing plan
Beijing keen on biggest offering on tech STAR Market amid tension with US
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
July 5, 2020 20:03 JST
Updated on July 6, 2020 14:14 JST
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.