On the afternoon of January 10, a screenshot of the report of "Zhichun Technology executives reported the bribery of the procurement associate of Jinghe Integration with their real names" circulated in many semiconductor industry groups, causing heated discussions. Subsequently, Zhichun Technology, a domestic semiconductor equipment manufacturer, issued a statement saying that there was no whistleblower with the name and position within the company, and that the whistleblower had been reported to the police.
According to the whistleblower letter, the whistleblower claimed to be Zhang Guodong, vice president of sales of Zhichun Technology Greater China, and attached his ID number (showing that he was born on November 5, 1960).
The content of the report shows that Jian, the procurement assistant of the domestic wafer foundry company Jinghe Integration, who is responsible for the localization equipment procurement business, asked Zhang Guodong for a rebate when he wanted to participate in the bidding for the localization equipment of Zhihe Integration during his tenure at Zhichun Technology (2019-2021), so as to make Zhichun Technology successfully win the bid. After being rejected, Zhichun Technology was treated unfairly and embarrassed in the course of the project, and was finally excluded from the procurement list of localized equipment of Jinghe Integration.
At the same time, the whistleblower also said that after inquiries and investigations by peers and the winning bidder Jane, it was learned that the winning bidders such as China Micro, Shenyang Tuojing Technology, and North Huachuang had provided K entertainment, commissions, and rebates to Jane, a provider of Jinghe Integration.
The report letter also pointed out more detailed content, such as: Shanghai Shengmei paid Jian an equipment rebate: 30-500,000 US dollars per unit; When Jian purchased a 180-square-meter personal property in Area A of Wenyuan Mansion, he asked other manufacturers to jointly pay the purchase price.
Finally, the whistleblower also emphasized that the content of the real-name report is true, and is willing to accept the relevant information provided by the legal affairs and inspection unit to cooperate with the investigation! It is hoped that this will be investigated and severely punished. At the same time, the relevant materials have been submitted to the municipal government unit and the municipal discipline inspection commission unit for real-name reporting.
Judging from the content of the report letter, it mentions a lot of details, and it is a "real-name report", which inevitably makes many outsiders believe it. However, through the public information of listed companies and the search of relevant keywords on the Internet, it was not found that there was an executive named Zhang Guodong in Zhichun Technology.
On the evening of January 10, the official of Zhichun Technology quickly issued a statement to Jinghe Integration to clarify the matter. "The person's 'report' behavior has nothing to do with our company or our employees, and should not be regarded as an act by our company or our employees," the statement said. ”
Zhichun Technology pointed out in the statement that no employee named "Zhang Guodong" was found in its personnel system, so it can be confirmed that he is not an employee of Zhichun Technology. Moreover, Zhichun Technology has never set up the position of "Vice President of Sales in Greater China". In addition, Zhichun Technology only started to cooperate with the equipment business side of Crystal Integration in 2022, and has never participated in the bidding activities of the equipment business of Crystal Integration from 2019 to 2021. Zhichun Technology emphasizes that it never participates in and strictly prohibits any form of commercial bribery.
Finally, Zhichun Technology also stated that for "Zhang Guodong" to fraudulently use the name of his employees to carry out the so-called "real-name reporting" without any authorization of Zhichun Technology, he will entrust a lawyer to obtain his household registration file through the ID number of "Zhang Guodong", and send a lawyer's letter to his household registration address, seriously admonishing and requiring him to stop the illegal impersonation, and reserves the right to report the case to the public security organ and apply to the relevant judicial authorities to investigate the criminal responsibility of the relevant responsible person.
Subsequently, a document "Shanghai Municipal Public Security Bureau Case (Incident) Receipt Receipt" also appeared on the Internet, showing that the relevant people of Zhichun Technology have reported to the Shanghai Municipal Public Security Bureau that someone has fraudulently used the title of vice president of Zhichun Technology to report in real name.
So what is the real purpose of the person who concocted this "whistleblower letter"? Does it stigmatize the relevant domestic semiconductor equipment companies it mentioned? Or is there really something hidden that needs to hide your identity? It is worth noting that the content of the report letter is in traditional Chinese and is suspected to have been written by a Taiwanese person in the domestic semiconductor equipment industry.
At present, the companies mentioned in the report letter, such as China Micro, Tuojing Technology, North Huachuang, and Shengmei Shanghai, have not responded to this matter.
Editor: Xinzhixun-Rogue Sword.