We would like to express our heartfelt sympathy to those who have been affected by the earthquake that struck Niigata and Yamagata, on June 18th.

As for the offices and plants of SMIC group in Japan, we have confirmed that there is no injury to our employees, no damage to the facilities, and no impact to our operation and production. Regarding the effect on logistics and supply chain operations, we will update as soon as we receive information.