Fangda advised Hi-trend Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. (stock code: 688391, “Hi-trend Technology”) on its successful listing on the STAR Market of the Shanghai Stock Exchange on September 13, 2022. Hi-trend Technology issued 14.4 million shares, raising a total of about RMB165.6 million.
 

• Hi-Trend Technology is a leading high-tech enterprise which designs, develops and sells smart metering integrated circuits in China. With its high performance, high reliability and energy-efficient products, the company has obtained a comprehensive product line and leading market position in the domestic Internet-of-Things (IOT) smart metering chip field.
• Hi-Trend Technology’s various products rank highly in both the domestic and export markets. Its “three-phase metering chips” are consistently the best seller in the domestic market, while its “single phase System on Chip (SoC) chips” achieve higher exports than others. The company’s “single phase metering chips and “smart metering Microcontroller Unit (MCU) chips” rank second in the Chinese market. The “high speed carrier communication chips” supported by the company’s core design have obtained the first batch of approval by the China State Grid with official chip-level interconnection inspection report, leading to this chip gaining promising market share in the State Grid market and being the most popular in the Chinese integrated circuit market.

Fangda acted as the legal counsel to Hi-trend Technology, advising throughout on its SSE STAR Market issuance and listing. The team was led by partners Dong Wu and Yvette Liu, and team members included Lulu Xi, Cecilia Zhang, Crystal Wu and Sherry Shao.