August 9–15 was listing and lottery week: Chaopure became Sichuan’s hottest new GEM stock, Unitree broke STAR subscription records, and Chengdu’s financial relay plan put embodied-intelligence firms in front of local institutions.
Here is a practical tech roundup for August 9–15, 2026.
Chaopure (301717) — listed Aug 11
Chengdu semiconductor-equipment coatings maker; issue price ¥65.99.
- Aug 11: GEM debut; closed +662% at ¥503 (~¥512B market cap per coverage); one-lot profit ~¥218,500 (同花顺 debut recap)
- Strategic investor BYD reported ~¥1.86B paper gain (market roundups)
- Aug 14: Escrow agreements for ~¥1.56B net proceeds — Meishan expansion, HQ/R&D, working capital, ~¥457M oversubscription reserve (Cninfo PDF)
Sources: Sina listing notice (Aug 10) · SZSE listing PDF
For Chengdu: first local chip-tool parts print after APEC month — demand validated in public markets, not only ministerial communiqués.
Unitree (688836) — subscription frenzy
| Step | When | What |
|---|---|---|
| Online sub | Aug 10 | 978.46M accounts — STAR record |
| Lottery | Aug 11 | Final rate 0.0181% — STAR’s lowest ever |
| Payment | Aug 12 | Deadline |
| Listing | Aug 19 | Scheduled |
Sources: 上证报 allotment (Aug 11) · Cninfo PDF (Aug 14)
Chengdu angle: Jul 24 city pact + indirect stakes via 策源资本, 成都科创投, 交子资本, 成都龙珠, 四川产业基金 cluster (凤凰网 Aug 14; 深蓝财经). Hangzhou issuer; Chengdu is MoU/scene capital, not domicile.
Financing & industry
~Aug 12: 8th “Chengdu Financial Services Relay Plan” roadshow — embodied-intelligence, energy materials, digital performance, and green-energy firms pitched to ~10 financial institutions (中国金融信息网).
Agibot HK: still no public HKEX filing; 智元西南具身智能产业基地 in Pidu (May 2026) remains the local manufacturing thread (央广网).
What to watch next
| Theme | Why it matters |
|---|---|
| Unitree Aug 19 listing | National humanoid IPO; Chengdu fund payoff narrative |
| Chaopure post-list volatility | GEM sentiment for local supply-chain names |
| Relay plan follow-ups | Whether embodied pitches become term sheets |
| Agibot HK filing | Still uncertain |
If you work in tech here
Through-line: two IPOs, one city. Chaopure proved Chengdu can list chip-adjacent hardware into a frothy retail book; Unitree proved the country will queue for humanoids — and Chengdu LPs already hold indirect tickets.
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