Global Semiconductor January Sales Surge 46.1% Year-over-Year, Asia-Pacific and China Show Strong Growth, GSCITC Chip ETF Captures Semiconductor Industry Chain Profit Recovery Dividend

As of the close on March 17, 2026, the Shanghai STAR Market Chip Index (000685) fell by 2.98%. Guotai Sci-Tech Chip ETF (589100) latest price is 1.57 yuan.

The global semiconductor industry shows a clear recovery trend. In January 2026, global semiconductor sales reached $82.5 billion, a year-on-year increase of 46.1%, the strongest monthly growth in nearly five years; among them, sales in China increased by 47.0% year-on-year, and the Asia-Pacific region (including others) grew by 82.4%, leading global growth. Huafu Securities pointed out that driven by AI server volume, inventory replenishment in consumer electronics, and accelerated wafer factory expansion, the semiconductor industry has entered an upward cycle, especially in segments like storage, advanced packaging, and HBM, with overall profitability recovery in the industry chain gaining momentum.

Shenwan Hongyuan Research indicated that the AI-driven value chain is significantly expanding from the terminal to upstream links such as wafer manufacturing and packaging materials. The supply-demand gap for ABF substrates is expected to reach 10% in the second half of the year, and the super cycle outline is gradually becoming clearer.

As of March 16, Guotai Sci-Tech Chip ETF’s net value increased by 13.59% over the past six months, ranking among the top 3 comparable funds, with an index stock fund ranking of 867 out of 4,428, placing it in the top 19.58%. In terms of return capability, as of March 16, 2026, since its inception, the highest monthly return of Guotai Sci-Tech Chip ETF was 34.67%, the longest consecutive months of growth was 4 months, with a maximum cumulative increase of 72.96%. The ratio of months with gains to months with losses is 7/4, the average monthly return during rising months is 12.17%, the monthly profit percentage is 63.64%, the probability of monthly profit is 61.97%, and the historical probability of profit over 6 months of holding is 100.00%.

Regarding fees, Guotai Sci-Tech Chip ETF has a management fee of 0.50% and a custody fee of 0.10%.

In terms of tracking accuracy, as of March 16, 2026, the tracking error of Guotai Sci-Tech Chip ETF over the past two months was 0.007%, the highest among comparable funds.

Guotai Sci-Tech Chip ETF closely tracks the Shanghai STAR Market Chip Index, which selects securities involved in semiconductor materials and equipment, chip design, manufacturing, packaging, and testing from STAR Market listed companies as index samples, reflecting the overall performance of representative chip industry listed companies on the STAR Market.

Data shows that as of February 27, 2026, the top ten holdings of the Shanghai STAR Market Chip Index are Haiguang Information, Lankun Technology, SMIC, AMEC, Cambrian, Chipone, Tuojing Technology, Baiwei Storage, Huahong Company, and Huahai Qingke, with the top ten holdings accounting for 58.09% of the total.

Guotai Sci-Tech Chip ETF (589100) provides a one-click layout for the entire domestic “chip” scene, bundling core leaders across the full industry chain and all categories of domestic chips.

Guotai Sci-Tech Chip ETF (589100) has off-market connection options (Guotai Shanghai STAR Market Chip ETF Launch Connection A: 024853; Guotai Shanghai STAR Market Chip ETF Launch Connection C: 024854).