China asks carmakers to use up to 25% local chips by 2025

Policy push aims to purge foreign automotive chips in coming years

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.

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