China pumps $7bn into upgrading chip supply chain

Government and industry work together amid U.S. tech export restrictions

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Chipmaking investments by Chinese foundry SMIC are driving suppliers to spend as well. (Photo by Shunsuke Tabeta)

SHUNSUKE TABETA, Nikkei staff writer

GUANGZHOU -- Chinese chipmaking suppliers and state-backed funds plan to spend an estimated 50 billion yuan ($7.26 billion) to strengthen the domestic supply chain as the U.S. curbs tech exports.

"We cannot avoid decoupling in semiconductors," Chiu Tzu-Yin, president of state-backed wafer giant National Silicon Industry Group (NSIG), said at a chip supply chain conference hosted in Guangzhou for two days through Wednesday. "This will be the greatest opportunity for Chinese enterprises that make production machinery and materials."

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