TMTPOST — GOWIN Semiconductor Corporation filed its registration with the Guangdong Securities Regulatory Bureau on Thursday, kicking off pre-IPO counseling.   Guotai Haitong Securities will serve as the sponsoring broker for the process. The FPGA designer plans to pursue an initial public offering and listing on the Chinese stock market. This step aims to strengthen its financial position and support expansion in programmable logic devices used in AI, industrial control, and communications sectors. The move reflects growing interest by Chinese semiconductor companies in public capital markets. It comes amid national efforts to enhance domestic chip capabilities and reduce reliance on foreign suppliers. A successful listing would enable GOWIN to increase investment in research and development while scaling up production capacity to meet rising industry demand.