According to the South China Morning Post, China's chip production increased monthly in April, the first time in 16 months. The news shows that China's chip industry is gradually returning to growth and shows that the mainland is making progress in becoming the world's leading chipmaker.
In recent years, as China has become one of the world's largest consumer electronics markets, the demand for high-quality, high-performance chips has also increased. At the same time, due to the impact of external factors, such as the trade war and the epidemic, China's chip industry has suffered a certain degree of blow.
This is due to the fact that since the Biden administration took office, the United States has become more tough on China's entire semiconductor industry, and more and more measures have been taken to try to limit China's development in chip technology and squeeze its share of the global market. The ultimate goal of these actions is to curb the rise of Chinese science and technology and fundamentally prevent China from surpassing the United States and other developed countries to become the world's technological leader.
The U.S. government has resorted to a variety of tactics in the chip war, including imposing export restrictions, strengthening regulations on Chinese companies, and promoting support and investment in domestic industries. In terms of export restrictions, the United States has banned the export of high-end technology equipment to some Chinese companies, especially equipment used to produce chips.
In addition, the US government has also restricted the development of Chinese chip companies in the international market by strengthening their supervision, such as Huawei and SMIC. At the same time, the US government has also implemented a series of support and investment policies at home, aiming to promote the development of its own semiconductor industry and improve its position in the global industrial chain.
China faces a reduction in the number of chips imported due to U.S. restrictions. In order to ensure its own needs, the Chinese government has increased its efforts to develop and support the semiconductor industry, and has increased the level of domestic chip production by adopting active strategic adjustments. This has instead prompted domestic chips to achieve substantial progress in a short period of time.
According to the latest data released by the National Bureau of Statistics, the national chip production of enterprises with a turnover of more than 20 million yuan increased by 3.8% year-on-year in April this year, and the total output reached 28.1 billion. This is the first monthly increase since January last year.
This data shows that the mainland has made gratifying progress in chip manufacturing, and also reflects the growing demand for chips in the domestic market. With the development of emerging technologies such as 5G and AI, the demand for the chip industry continues to strengthen. Therefore, chip manufacturers need to continuously improve their technology and production capacity to meet market demand.
China's domestic chip production increased for the first time. This is a major milestone and marks a new step forward in China's development in the semiconductor industry.
The Chinese government has been committed to promoting the local chip industry and has invested huge amounts of money in this regard. Over the past few years, China has established a series of advanced semiconductor manufacturing plants and attracted investment from some well-known companies. But despite this, in the global chip market, China is still in a relatively low position.
However, recent data shows that the situation is gradually improving. From August 2019 to January 2021, China's domestic chip production increased by about 8.2%. While this figure is not particularly high, it is encouraging in the current global pandemic and economic instability.
According to the analysis of relevant institutions, this growth is mainly due to the rapid expansion of China's local chip market. Now, more and more Chinese companies are adopting local chips instead of importing them from abroad. At the same time, the Chinese government's policy support has also played an important role.
At present, China is building a complete semiconductor industry chain, from chip design, manufacturing to packaging and testing can be completed domestically. This will help improve the competitiveness of local chips and give China a stronger position in the global semiconductor field.
As one of the world's largest electronic manufacturing countries, Continental has become an important base for global chip manufacturing and technological innovation. Mainland chip manufacturing technology and production capacity continue to improve, more and more manufacturers choose to invest in China to build factories, so as to achieve greater competitiveness in the global market.
At present, the production technology of 28 nanometers, 14 nanometers and other levels in mainland China has been very mature, and it is moving towards a smaller process. SMIC, for example, has begun delivering advanced 7nm chips, which allows China to continue to lead in chip manufacturing. 7nm chips not only have higher computing speed and data storage processing capabilities, but also consume less power, which can effectively improve battery life. This will provide more possibilities for application development in smartphones, computers, Internet of Things and other fields.
It is foreseeable that with the continuous improvement of chip manufacturing technology, the mainland will have more independent and controllable core technologies, thus making us more powerful in the era of digital economy. At the same time, the development of chip manufacturing industry will also become an important part of the mainland's development strategy and play an increasingly important role in the country's economic development.