Xiaomi to Debut in Hong Kong First After Postponing Shanghai IPO

Xiaomi has decided on a Hong Kong initial public offering before listing in Shanghai, according to Bloomberg.

The smartphone maker aims to list in the former British colony before floating Chinese Depositary Receipts in Shanghai, the country’s markets regulator said in a statement on its website. It’s unclear when Xiaomi intends to move ahead with the CDR approval process, which had been proceeding at a record pace given the average wait time for IPO approvals stretches to more than a year. The China Securities Regulatory Commission said it’s canceled a listing review originally slated for June 19.

Xiaomi is said to be aiming to raise $10 billion from the world’s largest coming-out party since Alibaba’s in 2014. It said just last week that half of its IPO would be sold to mainland Chinese investors through CDRs, an effort that aligns Xiaomi with the government’s long-term goal of getting its biggest technology firms to list locally. On Tuesday however, an unidentified CSRC official was cited in the China Securities Journal as saying that the watchdog is still perfecting its criteria for CDR and IPO reviews.