Musk's Chip Manufacturing Ambitions Drive 3.5% Surge in Hong Kong Tech ETF

Deep News03-24 17:23

On Tuesday, March 24, both A-shares and Hong Kong stocks saw a rebound, with Hong Kong's hard technology sector leading a strong counteroffensive. The market's sole Hong Kong Information Technology ETF (159131), which hit a new listing low on Monday, surged in afternoon trading, closing up 3.5%. Notably, during the recent deep correction, large amounts of capital flowed in to buy at lower levels, with net inflows exceeding 120 million yuan over the past five days.

On the news front, Elon Musk announced that SpaceX and Tesla will jointly build two advanced chip factories in Austin, Texas. This statement provided further details following Musk's earlier announcement of a project named "Terafab." Musk stated that Terafab's ultimate goal is to achieve an annual computing power production capacity of 1 terawatt, approximately 50 times the current global annual chip production capacity. Musk explicitly noted, "Looking ahead, if you ask what constrains Tesla's growth, I believe that in three to four years, the real bottleneck will be chip production."

Galaxy Securities pointed out that computing power demand and capital investment are rising in tandem, with the industry entering a high-growth expansion phase. Global large model usage has reached new highs, while Chinese models continue to lead in overall usage volume. Xiaomi's MiMo leads domestic models with 2.38 trillion calls, demonstrating strong market penetration. Meanwhile, computing power demand is rapidly transmitting across the industry chain, with significant revenue growth seen in chips, foundries, and server manufacturers. Cloud providers raising computing power prices reflect tightening supply and demand. On the capital side, mergers and acquisitions, financing, and IPO activities are accelerating. Leading companies are strengthening their competitive barriers through ecosystem integration and commercialization layouts, indicating the AI industry has entered a high-intensity expansion cycle characterized by "demand explosion—price transmission—capital influx."

Huatai Securities believes that, from a short-term perspective, the primary concerns are geopolitical risks driving sharp oil price increases and stagflation risks overseas, suggesting an increase in defensive positions. If semiconductor hardware like memory, which corresponds to supply-demand gaps in the AI chain, experiences a pullback due to macroeconomic factors, it may present buying opportunities.

Targeting the super cycle in Hong Kong chip stocks! The Hong Kong Information Technology ETF (159131), the market's first ETF focused on the "Hong Kong chip" industry chain and eligible for T+0 trading, has an off-exchange feeder fund code of 026755. Its underlying index consists of "70% hardware + 30% software," heavily weighting Hong Kong stocks in "semiconductors + electronics + computer software." It covers 45 Hong Kong-listed hard tech companies, with SMIC holding a weight of 14.07%, Xiaomi Group-W at 12.41%, and Hua Hong Semiconductor at 7.47%. The ETF excludes large-cap internet companies like Alibaba, Tencent, and Meituan, offering higher focus and better capture of Hong Kong's AI hard tech trends. (Data as of March 11, 2026)

Data source: China Securities Index Company, Shanghai and Shenzhen Stock Exchanges. Note: "Sole in the market" refers to being the only ETF tracking the CSI Hong Kong Stock Connect Information Technology Composite Index.

Fund fee explanation: Subscription and redemption agents for the Hong Kong Information Technology ETF may charge a commission of up to 0.5%. On-exchange trading fees are subject to the rates set by securities firms. No sales service fee is charged.

Institutional views source: Galaxy Securities report "GTC 2026 Highlights: AI Shifts from Chip Competition to System Competition – Digital Economy Weekly Report (Issue 7, 2026)"; Huatai Securities report "Hong Kong Stock Strategy: Maintain Low Position in Hong Kong Stocks."

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