Bloomberg found that the import volume of equipment used to make computer chips last year increased by 14%to nearly 40 billion US dollars (S $ 53.6 billion) last year.The import amount shows that as the United States tighten chip export restrictions, China hopes to strengthen its ability to self -suffer from the chip industry.
According to the Bloomberg Society on Monday (January 22), although China's total imports last year fell by 5.5%, the import volume of China's equipment for manufacturing computer chips still increased by 14%.
China chip company is quickly investing in new semiconductor factories to try to improve chip production capacity and bypass the chip export control of the United States and its allies.
Reuters reported in September last year that China National Integrated Circuit Industry Investment Fund Co., Ltd. is raising funds for the third fund.S $ 100 million), far exceeding 138.7 billion yuan and 200 billion yuan in the previous two.
October last year, the United States expanded the scope of the export ban on China chips, including Nvidia and other manufacturers' low -performance chips were also restricted to export to China.
Before the implementation of the Dutch chip export restrictions in the Netherlands last year, the Chinese company increased its snap -up.New Yuan).
US Finance and Economics (CNBC) reported on the 18th that the United States and the Netherlands may increase the restrictions on semiconductor exports to China this year to curb China's chip technology development.
