AutomobilesChina asks carmakers to use up to 25% local chips by 2025
Policy push aims to purge foreign automotive chips in coming years
A BYD factory in Changfeng, China. Beijing wants local carmakers like this to use more domestically made chips. © Getty Images
CHENG TING-FANG, LAULY LI and SHUNSUKE TABETA, Nikkei staff writers
TAIPEI/BEIJING -- China is urging the country's top automakers to source up to a quarter of their chips locally by 2025 as the world's biggest car market looks to build a competitive and self-reliant semiconductor supply chain amid escalating tensions with the U.S.