China’s Biggest Chipmaker Unable to Acquire Advanced Chipmaking Equipment and Technology

China’s Biggest Chipmaker Unable to Acquire Advanced Chipmaking Equipment and Technology
An employee makes chips at a factory of Jiejie Semiconductor Company in Nantong, in eastern China's Jiangsu province on March 17, 2021. STR / AFP by STR/AFP via Getty Images
Anne Zhang
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Amid global chip shortages, China’s largest chipmaker—facing a U.S. blacklist—struggles to acquire advanced chipmaking equipment and technology, and to meet the high global demand, it is rapidly expanding existing production lines but cutting its R&D investment and personnel.

On Sept. 3, Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. (SMIC) announced that Zhou Zixue, the company’s chairman, resigned citing personal health reasons. On the same day, SMIC also announced its plans to build a factory in Shanghai to expand its production capacity.
Anne Zhang
Anne Zhang
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Anne Zhang is a writer for The Epoch Times with a focus on China-related topics. She began writing for the Chinese-language edition in 2014.
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