China’s chip supply chain ‘safer’ as self-sufficiency push gains traction, says top planner

China’s semiconductor supply chain was much “safer”, the country’s top economic planner said on Friday, signalling progress in the country’s chip self-sufficiency drive amid mounting pressure from US export controls. The supply chain security of the domestic chip industry had “significantly improved” this year, with home-grown chipmaking equipment and materials growing steadily, marking a transition from “isolated technological breakthroughs” to “full-chain industrial synergy”, Li Chao,...