China’s chip supply chain ‘safer’ as self-sufficiency push gains traction, says top planner
Beijing will leverage its ‘whole nation’ approach under the 15th five-year plan to achieve breakthroughs in core technologies, official says
China’s semiconductor supply chain was much “safer”, the country’s top economic planner said on Friday, signalling progress in the country’s chip self-sufficiency drive amid mounting pressure from US export controls.
The supply chain security of the domestic chip industry had “significantly improved” this year, with home-grown chipmaking equipment and materials growing steadily, marking a transition from “isolated technological breakthroughs” to “full-chain industrial synergy”, Li Chao, spokeswoman for the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), said at a press briefing on Friday.
The latest claim from Beijing underscores the country’s accelerated efforts for chip self-sufficiency, as it seeks to cushion its tech sector against expanding US export controls.
Chinese chip companies are riding a historic wave of artificial intelligence hardware demand amid an agentic AI frenzy. China’s integrated circuit exports nearly doubled in the first seven months to US$216 billion, according to official data unveiled earlier this month.