Huawei, a Chinese communications giant, is said to secretly build a series of semiconductor manufacturing facilities across China to avoid US sanctions and procurement chip manufacturing equipment.
According to Bloomberg News on Wednesday (August 23), the US Semiconductor Association (SIA), headquartered in Washington, said that Huawei has announced the investment in chip production last year, and it is expected that about 30 billion yuan will be received from the Chinese government.Official subsidies of US dollars (approximately S $ 40.7 billion).SIA said that Huawei has now acquired at least two existing factories and is building three other factories.
In 2019, the United States included Huawei in the export control list on the grounds of national security doubts, and banned American suppliers from selling goods and technologies to Huawei without permission to curb Huawei's ability to develop advanced semiconductors.
It is reported that if Huawei ’s news of building semiconductor facilities in the name of other companies is true, it means that Huawei will be able to bypass the restrictions of the US government and indirectly purchase the US advanced chip manufacturing equipment.
The Industry and Security Agency of the US Department of Commerce responded to this that officials are paying close attention to the situation and are ready to take action when necessary.In addition to Huawei, dozens of Chinese enterprises are also included in the export control list, including Fujian Jinhua Integrated Circuit Co., Ltd. and Pengxin Micro -integrated Circuit Manufacturing Co., Ltd., both of which are part of the Huawei network by SIA.
The U.S. Industry and Security Agency said that because Huawei, Fujian Jinhua and Pengxinwei are strictly controlled by the US government, it is not surprising that they seeking huge official subsidies and trying to develop local technology.The official is continuously reviewing and updating export control measures based on the changing threat environment.
