Nanjing南京
Tier 2 - Major CityJiangsu's capital and a major hub for semiconductors, telecommunications, and software. Home to leading universities and a rapidly growing chip design ecosystem anchored by TSMC's legacy operations and a dense cluster of IC design firms.
GDP
$245B
2023
Population
9.49M
residents
Industry Output
¥160B
all sectors combined
Sectors Active
2
frontier tech sectors
Key Facts
- Jiangbei New Area designated as a national IC industry base
- Home to 14 "Double First-Class" universities, among the most in any Chinese city
- Major telecom equipment R&D center (ZTE, Ericsson, Nokia labs)
- Nanjing Software Valley hosts 2,500+ software companies
Manufacturing Sectors
Semiconductors
半导体
IC design, wafer fabrication (specialty nodes), telecom chips
AI & Computing
人工智能与算力
AI software development, telecom AI, smart grid computing
Major Companies
T-Head (Pingtouge)
平头哥半导体
Alibaba's semiconductor subsidiary designing RISC-V processors and AI inference chips, with major operations in Nanjing.
Founded 2018
China's leading smart grid and power automation technology provider, critical to the national power system modernization.
Founded 2001
History & Context
Nanjing has a deep academic and industrial heritage, with Nanjing University and Southeast University providing a steady pipeline of engineering talent. The city's modern tech trajectory was shaped by its designation as a national software and IC industry base. The Jiangbei New Area, established in 2015 as a national-level new area, has attracted major chip fabs including TSMC's Nanjing plant (operational since 2018) and numerous IC design houses. The city's telecom sector, anchored by ZTE's major R&D center and multinational labs, complements its semiconductor ambitions.