Semiconductors
半导体
Under intense geopolitical pressure, China is building a massive domestic semiconductor ecosystem covering chip design, fabrication, packaging, and equipment manufacturing.
Hubs
11
cities with this sector
Total Output
¥983B
combined industry output
Companies
4,630
across all hubs
Employment
953K
workers in sector
Key Statistics
IC industry revenue
¥1.2T
2023
Fab capacity growth
+18% YoY
2024
Design houses
3,000+
2023
Global Context
China's National IC Fund has invested over $50B. Despite US export controls, China is rapidly scaling mature-node production and advancing in AI chip design.
Hub Rankings
Shanghai上海
Tier 1rapidIC design, advanced node fabrication, EDA tools
Wuhan武汉
Tier 2emergingNAND flash memory (YMTC), 3D NAND fabrication
Hefei合肥
Tier 2rapidDisplay driver ICs, DRAM (ChangXin Memory), panel manufacturing
Nanjing南京
Tier 2rapidIC design, wafer fabrication (specialty nodes), telecom chips
Chengdu成都
Tier 2steadyChip packaging/testing (Intel), flexible displays (BOE), electronics manufacturing (Foxconn)
Zhengzhou郑州
Tier 2steadyElectronics assembly, smartphone chip packaging, consumer electronics testing
Dongguan东莞
Tier 2steadyChip packaging, smartphone SoC testing, electronic component assembly
Wuxi无锡
Tier 2steadyIC design, DRAM packaging and testing, IoT sensor chips
Zhuhai珠海
Tier 3emergingIC design (printer chips, power management), fabless chip companies
Mianyang绵阳
Tier 3emergingDefense-grade semiconductors, radiation-hardened chips, sensor ICs
Shaoxing绍兴
Tier 3emergingSpecialty process wafer fabrication, power ICs, analog chips
Policy Drivers
- National IC Fund (Big Fund I & II & III)
- Chip self-sufficiency targets
- US export controls response
Key Companies
Huawei
华为
Global telecommunications giant, now a major force in AI computing (Ascend chips) and autonomous driving.
Shenzhen, Guangdong →Major telecom equipment maker and 5G infrastructure provider, also developing server chips and AI infrastructure.
Shenzhen, Guangdong →China's largest and most advanced chip foundry, operating at 7nm-class process nodes.
Shanghai, Shanghai →Zhaoxin
兆芯
x86-compatible CPU designer for domestic government and enterprise use.
Shanghai, Shanghai →AI chip designer producing neural processing units for cloud and edge inference.
Beijing, Beijing →Biren Technology
壁仞科技
High-performance GPU startup developing general-purpose computing chips to compete with NVIDIA in AI training and inference.
Beijing, Beijing →China's only DRAM manufacturer, producing DDR4 and developing DDR5 memory chips.
Hefei, Anhui →YMTC
长江存储
China's leading NAND flash memory maker, developed 232-layer 3D NAND before facing US sanctions.
Wuhan, Hubei →Intel Chengdu
英特尔成都
Intel's 5th global manufacturing base and largest Western China facility; major chip packaging and testing operations.
Chengdu, Sichuan →World-leading display manufacturer with major flexible OLED production base in Chengdu; anchor of "World Soft Valley" initiative.
Chengdu, Sichuan →Foxconn Chengdu
富士康成都
Major Apple supplier with iPad production; significant employer and exporter in Chengdu High-Tech Zone.
Chengdu, Sichuan →Leading producer of IGBT power semiconductor modules for rail, EVs, and renewable energy, a subsidiary of CRRC.
Zhuzhou, Hunan →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.
Nanjing, Jiangsu →OPPO
欧珀
Global top-5 smartphone brand headquartered in Dongguan, with in-house chip design (MariSilicon NPU) and advanced camera technology.
Dongguan, Guangdong →Vivo
维沃
Major global smartphone manufacturer headquartered in Dongguan, with self-developed imaging chips and extensive Asian market share.
Dongguan, Guangdong →SK Hynix (Wuxi)
SK海力士(无锡)
SK Hynix's largest overseas facility, performing advanced DRAM packaging and testing operations critical to the global memory supply chain.
Wuxi, Jiangsu →Zhuhai UNITED POWER
珠海联合动力
IC design company specializing in printer chips and power management ICs, part of Zhuhai's growing semiconductor design cluster.
Zhuhai, Guangdong →SMIC (Shaoxing)
中芯绍兴
SMIC's joint venture fab in Shaoxing focusing on specialty process nodes including MEMS sensors, power management ICs, and analog chips.
Shaoxing, Zhejiang →