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    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 26, 2024</div>
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    <div style="text-align: right; font-weight: bold;">Registration No. 333-</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">UNITED STATES</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">Washington, D.C. 20549</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">________________________________</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">FORM S-8</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">REGISTRATION STATEMENT</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;"><font style="font-style: italic;">Under</font>&#160;<font style="font-style: italic;">The Securities Act of 1933</font></div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORPORATION</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">(I.R.S. Employer</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">No. 3 Li-Hsin Road II, Hsinchu Science Park,</div>
            <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">Hsinchu City, Taiwan, Republic of China</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC)</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">2024 Plan Governing the Issuance of Restricted Stock Awards for Employees</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">Chitung Liu</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">Senior Vice President &amp; Chief Financial Officer</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">8F, No. 68, Section 1, Neihu Road., Taipei 11493, Taiwan R.O.C.</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">+886-2-2658-9168</div>
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    <div>Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of &#8220;large accelerated filer,&#8221; &#8220;accelerated
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    <div>If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">EXPLANATORY NOTE</div>
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    <div style="text-indent: 36pt;">United Microelectronics Corporation (the &#8220;Company&#8221; or the &#8220;Registrant&#8221;) has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#8220;Commission&#8221;) this registration statement on Form S-8 (this &#8220;Registration Statement&#8221;) to
      register under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#8220;Securities Act&#8221;), the issuance of up to 66,000,000 common shares, par value NT$10.00 per share (the &#8220;Common Shares&#8221;), of the Company, subject to certain restricted stock award to be granted
      to employees of the Company and the affiliated companies meeting the criteria under the Company&#8217;s <font style="color: #000000;">2024 Plan Governing the Issuance of Restricted Stock Awards for Employees</font>.</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">PART I</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">Information Required in the Section 10(a) Prospectus</div>
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    <div>*<font style="text-indent: 0px; font-size: 5.14pt;" class="TRGRRTFtoHTMLTab">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font>As permitted by Rule 428 under the Securities Act and the Note to Part I of Form S-8, this Registration Statement omits the information specified in
      Part I of Form S-8. The documents containing the information specified in Part I of this Registration Statement will be sent or given to each participant in the plan covered by this Registration Statement as may be required by Rule 428(b). Such
      documents are not required to be and are not being filed with the Commission, either as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act. These documents and the documents
      incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of this Registration Statement, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">PART II</div>
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      <div style="text-indent: 36pt; color: #000000;">The Registrant hereby incorporates by reference into this Registration Statement the following documents previously filed with the Commission:</div>
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            <div>A.</div>
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            <div>The Registrant&#8217;s Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December&#160;31, 2023, filed with the Commission on April 25, 2024 (the &#8220;2023 Annual Report&#8221;);</div>
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            <div>All other reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section&#160;13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#8220;Exchange Act&#8221;), since the end of the fiscal year covered by its Annual Report referred to in (A)&#160;above
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            <div>The description of the Registrant&#8217;s Common Shares contained in the Registrant&#8217;s Form 8-A filed September 11, 2000, pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act and any amendment or report filed to update such description.</div>
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          <td rowspan="1" style="width: 18pt; vertical-align: top;">D.</td>
          <td rowspan="1" style="width: auto; vertical-align: top;">The description of the Registrant&#8217;s American Depositary Shares registered under Section 12 of the Exchange Act, contained in Item 12.D. in the 2023 Annual Report. <br>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all
      securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">Any statement contained herein or in a document, all or a portion of which is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein, shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes
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    <div style="text-align: justify;">is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of
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    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">The relationship between the Registrant and its directors and officers is governed by the R.O.C. Civil Code, the R.O.C. Company Law and the Registrant&#8217;s articles of incorporation. There is no written
      contract between the Registrant and its directors and officers governing the rights and obligations of these parties. Each person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to, or is involved in any threatened, pending or completed
      action, suit or proceeding by reason of the fact that person is or was a director or officer of the Registrant, in the absence of willful misconduct or negligence on the part of that person in connection with that person&#8217;s performance of duties as a
      director or officer, as the case may be, may be indemnified by the Registrant to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law.&#160; <font style="color: #000000;">The Registrant has purchased and maintained a directors&#8217; and officers&#8217; liability policy
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            <div style="color: #000000;"><a href="exhibit4-1.htm">4.1*</a></div>
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            <div style="color: #000000;"><a href="exhibit4-1.htm">Articles of Incorporation of United Microelectronics Corporation as last amended on May 30, 2024.</a></div>
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            <div style="color: #000000;"><a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1033767/000119380509001922/e605918_ex99-a.htm">4.2</a></div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">A.<font class="HorizontalTab" style="width: 9pt; font-size: 1px; display: inline-block;"> &#160;</font>The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes: (1) to file, during any period in which offers or sales
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      this Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this Registration Statement - notwithstanding the foregoing, any
      increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the
      form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set for the in the &#8220;Calculation of Registration
      Fee&#8221; table in the effective Registration Statement; and (iii) to include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material change to such information in this
      Registration Statement; provided, however, that clauses (1)(i) and (1)(ii) shall not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those clauses is contained in periodic reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to
      Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement; (2) that for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to
      be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof; and (3) to remove from registration by means of a post-effective
      amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.</div>
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      relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.</div>
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      directors, officers or controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the indemnification provisions summarized in Item 6 or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that, in the opinion of the Commission, such indemnification is against public
      policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer, or
      controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the
      opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be
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      regulations or requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with this S-8 Registration Statement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing power and authority, the powers granted include the power and authority to sign
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 26, 2024
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
________________________________
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under
The Securities Act of 1933
________________________________
UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORPORATION
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
________________________________
Taiwan, Republic of China
Not Applicable
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
No. 3 Li-Hsin Road II, Hsinchu Science Park,
Hsinchu City, Taiwan, Republic of China
Not Applicable
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC)
2024 Plan Governing the Issuance of Restricted Stock Awards for Employees
(Full Title of the Plans)
________________________________
Chitung Liu
Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
8F, No. 68, Section 1, Neihu Road., Taipei 11493, Taiwan R.O.C.
+886-2-2658-9168
(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Agent For Service)
________________________________
Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated
      filer," "smaller reporting company," and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer
☒
Accelerated filer
☐
Non-accelerated filer
☐
Smaller reporting company
☐
Emerging Growth Company
☐
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of
      the Securities Act ☐
EXPLANATORY NOTE
United Microelectronics Corporation (the "Company" or the "Registrant") has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") this registration statement on Form S-8 (this "Registration Statement") to
      register under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), the issuance of up to 66,000,000 common shares, par value NT$10.00 per share (the "Common Shares"), of the Company, subject to certain restricted stock award to be granted
      to employees of the Company and the affiliated companies meeting the criteria under the Company's
2024 Plan Governing the Issuance of Restricted Stock Awards for Employees
.
PART I
Information Required in the Section 10(a) Prospectus
Item 1.
Plan Information. *
Item 2.
Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information. *
*
As permitted by Rule 428 under the Securities Act and the Note to Part I of Form S-8, this Registration Statement omits the information specified in
      Part I of Form S-8. The documents containing the information specified in Part I of this Registration Statement will be sent or given to each participant in the plan covered by this Registration Statement as may be required by Rule 428(b). Such
      documents are not required to be and are not being filed with the Commission, either as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act. These documents and the documents
      incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of this Registration Statement, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.
PART II
Information Required in the Registration Statement
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference
The Registrant hereby incorporates by reference into this Registration Statement the following documents previously filed with the Commission:
A.
The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023, filed with the Commission on April 25, 2024 (the "2023 Annual Report");
B.
All other reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), since the end of the fiscal year covered by its Annual Report referred to in (A) above
              (other than information deemed to have been "furnished" rather than "filed" in accordance with the Commission's rules); and
C.
The description of the Registrant's Common Shares contained in the Registrant's Form 8-A filed September 11, 2000, pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act and any amendment or report filed to update such description.
D.
The description of the Registrant's American Depositary Shares registered under Section 12 of the Exchange Act, contained in Item 12.D. in the 2023 Annual Report.
All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all
      securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
Any statement contained herein or in a document, all or a portion of which is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein, shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes
      of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or
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is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of
      this Registration Statement.
Item 4.
Description of Securities
Not Applicable.
Item 5.
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
Not Applicable
Item 6.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers
The relationship between the Registrant and its directors and officers is governed by the R.O.C. Civil Code, the R.O.C. Company Law and the Registrant's articles of incorporation. There is no written
      contract between the Registrant and its directors and officers governing the rights and obligations of these parties. Each person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to, or is involved in any threatened, pending or completed
      action, suit or proceeding by reason of the fact that person is or was a director or officer of the Registrant, in the absence of willful misconduct or negligence on the part of that person in connection with that person's performance of duties as a
      director or officer, as the case may be, may be indemnified by the Registrant to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law.
The Registrant has purchased and maintained a directors' and officers' liability policy
        for the benefit of certain officers or directors in respect of losses or liabilities incurred serving as such capacities.
Item 7.
Exemption from Registration Claimed
Not Applicable.
Item 8.
Exhibits
Exhibit
Number
Exhibit
4.1*
Articles of Incorporation of United Microelectronics Corporation as last amended on May 30, 2024.
4.2
Form of Amended and Restated Deposit Agreement by and among the Company, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as depositary, and
                the Holders and Beneficial Owners of American Depositary Shares evidenced by American Depositary Receipts issued thereunder, dated as of October 21, 2009 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit (a) to the Registrant's Registration Statement
                on Form F-6 (File No. 333- 162437) filed with the Commission on October 13, 2009).
4.3
Form of Amendment No. 1 to the Amended and Restated Deposit Agreement among the Company, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as
                depositary, and the Holders and Beneficial Owners of American Depositary Shares evidenced by the American Depositary Receipts issued thereunder (incorporated by reference to Exhibit (a)(2) to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form
                F-6 (File No. 333- 172990) filed with the Commission on April 12, 2017).
4.4
Form of Amendment No. 2 to the Amended and Restated Deposit Agreement among the Company, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as
                depositary, and the Holders and Beneficial Owners of American Depositary Shares evidenced by the American Depositary Receipts issued thereunder (incorporated by reference to Exhibit (a)(3) to the Registrant's Post-Effective Amendment No. 2
                to Registration Statement on Form F-6 (File No. 333-172990) filed with the Commission on August 1, 2022).
5.1*
Opinion of and Consent of Chen and Lin.
23.1*
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
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23.2*
Consent of Chen and Lin (contained in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1*
Power of Attorney (incorporated by reference to the signature page of this Registration Statement).
99.1*
UMC 2024 Plan Governing the Issuance of Restricted Stock Awards for Employees.
107*
Filing Fee Table.
* Filed herewith.
Item 9.
Undertakings
A.
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes: (1) to file, during any period in which offers or sales
      are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement: (i) to include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act; (ii) to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of
      this Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this Registration Statement - notwithstanding the foregoing, any
      increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the
      form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set for the in the "Calculation of Registration
      Fee" table in the effective Registration Statement; and (iii) to include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material change to such information in this
      Registration Statement; provided, however, that clauses (1)(i) and (1)(ii) shall not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those clauses is contained in periodic reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to
      Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement; (2) that for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to
      be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof; and (3) to remove from registration by means of a post-effective
      amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
B.
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under
      the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
      relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
C.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to
      directors, officers or controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the indemnification provisions summarized in Item 6 or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that, in the opinion of the Commission, such indemnification is against public
      policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer, or
      controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the
      opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be
      governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has
      duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Hsinchu, Taiwan, R.O.C., on December 26, 2024.
UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORPORATION
By: /s/ Chitung Liu
Name: Chitung Liu
Title:
Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President and Head of Corporate Governance
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS,
that the undersigned officers and directors of United Microelectronics Corporation, a corporation organized under the laws of Taiwan, Republic
      of China, do hereby constitute and appoint Chitung Liu, Stan Hung,
SC Chien
and Jason Wang, and each of them, the lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power and authority to do any and all acts and things
      and to execute any and all instruments which said attorneys and agents, and any one of them, determine may be necessary or advisable or required to enable said corporation to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any rules or
      regulations or requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with this S-8 Registration Statement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing power and authority, the powers granted include the power and authority to sign
      the names of the undersigned officers and directors in the capacities indicated below to this Registration Statement, to any and all amendments, both pre-effective and post-effective, and supplements to this Registration Statement, and to any and all
      instruments or documents filed as part of or in conjunction with this Registration Statement or amendments or supplements thereof, and each of the undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms that all said attorneys and agents, or any one of them, shall
      do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This Power of Attorney may be signed in several counterparts.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Stan Hung
Chairman of the Board of Directors, Director and Chief Strategy Officer
December 26, 2024
Stan Hung
/s/ Jason Wang
Director (Representative of Silicon Integrated Systems Corp.) and Co-president
December 26, 2024
Jason Wang
/s/ SC Chien
Director (Representative of Hsun Chieh Investment Co., Ltd.) and Co-president
December 26, 2024
SC Chien
/s/ Ling-Ling Wu
Independent Director
December 26, 2024
Ling-Ling Wu
/s/ Su Lin Wang
Independent Director
December 26, 2024
Su Lin Wang
/s/ Lih J. Chen
Independent Director
December 26, 2024
Lih J. Chen
/s/ Jyuo-Min Shyu
Independent Director
December 26, 2024
Jyuo-Min Shyu
/s/ Kuang Si Shiu
Independent Director
December 26, 2024
Kuang Si Shiu
/s/ Wen-Hsin Hsu
Independent Director
December 26, 2024
Wen-Hsin Hsu
/s/ Chitung Liu
Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President and Head of Corporate Governance
December 26, 2024
Chitung Liu
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