{"slug": "chinas-jcet-to-build-new-plant-in-shanghai-to-expand-advanced-chip-packaging", "title": "China’s JCET to build new plant in Shanghai to expand advanced chip packaging", "summary": "China's JCET announced a $1.15 billion investment to build an advanced chip packaging and testing plant in Shanghai's Lin-gang Special Area, aiming to boost domestic chipmaking capabilities amid rising AI demand and US export restrictions. The project, to be completed in phases by 2028, will expand advanced-packaging capacity and enhance JCET's competitiveness.", "body_md": "# China’s JCET to build new plant in Shanghai to expand advanced chip packaging\n\nUS$1.15 billion investment underscores advanced packaging’s role in boosting China’s chipmaking capabilities amid rapid AI development\n\n[demand for home-grown chips](https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3344610/why-sj-semiconductor-matters-chinas-race-build-home-grown-ai-chips?module=inline&pgtype=article)continues to surge amid the rapid development of artificial intelligence.\n\nA controlled subsidiary with a registered capital of 4 billion yuan would be set up to construct an advanced packaging and testing factory in the Lin-gang Special Area in Shanghai, the company said on Wednesday.\n\nThe project will be rolled out in two phases, with the first – covering factory construction and equipment investment – scheduled for completion in the second half of 2028.\n\n[advanced-packaging capacity](https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-war/article/3358078/asml-euv-china-rumour-ridiculed-it-reveals-tougher-reality-ground?module=inline&pgtype=article)and enhancing the company’s overall competitiveness.\n\nAdvanced packaging – the final step in chip production that involves assembling individual dies into finished products – has become critical to China’s chipmaking capabilities, especially as Washington’s export controls restrict access to advanced manufacturing foundries such as Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company.\n\nJCET’s Shanghai-listed shares have surged 147 per cent since the beginning of the year on the back of strong growth.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/chinas-jcet-to-build-new-plant-in-shanghai-to-expand-advanced-chip-packaging", "canonical_source": "https://www.scmp.com/tech/article/3358264/chinas-jcet-build-new-plant-shanghai-expand-advanced-chip-packaging?utm_source=rss_feed", "published_at": "2026-06-25 00:30:15+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-06-25 00:49:57.919730+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-chips", "ai-infrastructure"], "entities": ["JCET", "Shanghai", "Lin-gang Special Area", "Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/chinas-jcet-to-build-new-plant-in-shanghai-to-expand-advanced-chip-packaging", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/chinas-jcet-to-build-new-plant-in-shanghai-to-expand-advanced-chip-packaging.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/chinas-jcet-to-build-new-plant-in-shanghai-to-expand-advanced-chip-packaging.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/chinas-jcet-to-build-new-plant-in-shanghai-to-expand-advanced-chip-packaging.jsonld"}}