The Sci-Tech Innovation Board Daily reported on October 14th, Unigroup Guoxin Microelectronics announced this evening that, due to work adjustment reasons, Ma Daojie has decided to resign as chairman of the company and as a member of the nomination committee; Xie Wengang has decided to resign as vice chairman of the company but will remain a director and CEO. Meanwhile, the new co-president of Unigroup, Ziguang Guowei, and Unigroup Guoxin Microelectronics board member Chen Jie were elected as chairman and vice chairman of the company, respectively, at the board meeting held on the same day.

This is the first significant personnel change at the core industry companies under the new Unigroup after its renewal. It is worth mentioning that Ma Daojie, who resigned as chairman and was appointed vice chairman, also serves as the chairman of Unigroup Guoxin Microelectronics' Andes subsidiary.

Currently, the new Unigroup focuses on the semiconductor and digital economy full industry chain. The former is mainly represented by Unigroup Guoxin Microelectronics and Andes, while the latter is mainly represented by Unigroup Guokxin Microelectronics.

In the first half of 2024, Unigroup Guoxin Microelectronics recorded revenue of 37.951 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 5.29%; after-tax net profit attributable to the parent company was 0.894 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 5.78%; Unigroup Guoxin Microelectronics achieved revenue of 2.873 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 23.18%; and net profit attributable to the parent company was 0.738 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 47.04%.

Recently, Andes completed a 4 billion yuan equity financing and a 3.2 billion yuan bank credit, with the primary goal and challenge being to successfully go public, further expand in scale, and enhance operational efficiency.

Andes' 4 billion yuan equity financing took more than a year, with investors including government assets from Shanghai and Beijing; bank and insurance institutions like ICBC Asset Management Co., Ltd., Bank of Communications Financial Assets Investment Co., Ltd., Sunshine Insurance Capital Equity Investment Co., Ltd.; brokerage institutions like China Securities Co., Ltd., GTJA, and social capital investors like Hongyi Investment. According to insiders, Ma Daojie will focus more on the development of Andes, speeding up the IPO.

On September 24th of this year, Andes had a change in its board of directors, with the addition of Chen Datong, co-founder of Spreadtrum Communications, and the exit of director Liu Hui. It is noted that Chen Datong is a well-known investor in the semiconductor industry, co-founder and partner of Puhua Capital and Huashan Capital, as well as an independent member of the National Integrated Circuit Industry Investment Fund Investment Decision Committee and a shareholder of Suzhou Tonghua Enterprise Management Co., Ltd. (jointly established Yunhe Puhua Tongxin (Suzhou) Investment Management Co., Ltd. with Jiangsu State-owned assets).

There are speculations from people close to Unisplendour Corporation that Chen Datong's joining may help with Unisplendour Corporation's subsequent financing and listing matters.