On August 28, according to semiconductor circles, SMIC (688981. SH) shareholders and employees of SMIC Integrated Circuit (Ningbo) Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "SMIC Ningbo") reported that the company's CEO, Le Zhiping, has not returned from the company since July 8, 2023, and is currently in a state of disappearance. SMIC Ningbo shareholders and employees called on superior leaders to investigate and promptly remove Le Zhiping and the team.
In this regard, SMIC Ningbo public relations department personnel told Yinpersim Finance that the company is currently processing the information. Yinpersim Finance further asked whether the information was true, and the other party said that it could not answer.
According to the official website, SMIC Ningbo settled in Beilun District, Ningbo City in 2016, the company focuses on RF front-end, MEMS sensor special process semiconductor field, the core technology and management team is based on professional members who have been engaged in SMIC in the research and development and production of special processes, and absorbs senior management and technical experts from Intel, TSMC, Renesas and Applied Materials and other excellent semiconductor companies at home and abroad.
In fact, SMIC Ningbo is a shareholding company of SMIC, a leading domestic foundry, and according to SMIC's 2023 half-year report, SMIC holds 15.85% of the voting rights of SMIC Ningbo.
Changjian Technology (600584. SH) said SMIC Ningbo is a related party and a customer. In the first half of 2023, Changjian Technology provided SMIC Ningbo with chip packaging and testing services for 39,300 yuan, compared with 1,265,000 yuan in the same period last year.