Top China chipmakers SMIC and CXMT push to scrap foreign inputs

Drive to adopt local alternatives for supply chain comes amid U.S. pressure

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Top Chinese chipmakers SMIC and CXMT are leading the charge to strip foreign suppliers from the nation's tech supply chain. (Source photos by Getty Images)

CHENG TING-FANG and SHUNSUKE TABETA, Nikkei staff writers

TAIPEI/BEIJING -- China's top chipmakers are pushing hard to localize the supply of key chip materials and chemicals to counter U.S. export controls, sources with direct knowledge of these efforts told Nikkei Asia.

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