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Launched by Premier Li Keqiang in 2015, the “Made in China 2025" strategy aims to guide the country’s industrial modernisation, including the substitution of foreign technology with innovation developed on the mainland.
Rising in the desert near Phoenix is a US$12 billion semiconductor factory owned by Taiwan’s TSMC, with the company lured by US funding and tax credits.
Signs are growing that people are concerned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine could induce Beijing to make similar offensives; Japan sees neighbour Taiwan’s security as closely linked to its own.
Department of Justice admits that it cannot prove its case, which was brought as part of its initiative to stop scientists from sharing sensitive technology with China.
Chinese and Russian purchases in particular can expect to face review and scrutiny under the EU’s investment screening mechanisms.
China’s AI industry may triple to 453.26 billion yuan in value by 2025 from last year, while a broader AI-driven industry may be as large as 1.66 trillion yuan, which underscores the strategic importance of the field in the Made in China 2025 industrial master plan.
Local governments have invested heavily in industrial estates for aviation in recent years, reflecting Beijing’s goal of self-sufficiency amid heated competition with the US.
Amid the calamity, electric car assemblers have emerged mostly unscathed, delivering record numbers of new-energy vehicles (NEVs) – as they are called in China – to buyers, kept above the fray because of their smaller capacity and their tendency to use higher-end chips.
The Made in China 2025 plan charted China’s ambitions to lead the world in 10 key areas of technology by the middle of the next decade, from 5G telecommunications to artificial intelligence and electric vehicles.
The Chinese government aims to turn the largest market for vehicles on the planet into a self-reliant powerhouse for the new technology under the Made in China 2025 industrial master plan.
The report underscores the role of Guangdong province as China’s manufacturing hub, where everything from high-tech gadgets to household appliances are made.
Beijing has not discussed its strategic ‘Made in China 2025’ policy plan since the trade war began with the US, but the initiative’s spirit lives on.
There was no apparent word in this year’s government work report of the defence strategy that has raised alarm in Washington.
Huawei’s staff shareholding structure turns its eligible employees into stakeholders, engendering the kind of kinship and shared responsibility that contribute to its ‘wolf culture’.
Charles Lieber, charged with lying over his ties to China, received US$50,000 a month and US$1.5 million to start a research lab in Wuhan, prosecutors allege.
Shipbuilding is one of the 10 core technologies included in Beijing's “Made in China 2025" industrial strategy, an ambitious plan that will help the country catch up with global leaders in 10 key industrial sectors.
Liaoning province is pinning its hopes on the plan, a lightning rod in the US-China trade war, to turn around inefficient industries and revitalise growth.
The Big Fund is aimed at leading national efforts to catch up in the global semiconductor industry by backing chip start-ups and semiconductor research and development.
Study by Renmin University of China in Beijing says it will take more than 35 years to reach the government’s goal that new industries account for 30 per cent of GDP.
The profile has been lowered, yet ‘Made in China 2025’ continues to channel state-sponsored investment into the technology sector
Assuming between 30 to 50 per cent of Taiwanese tech firms leave China, up to 3 million jobs could be lost, according to Citibank.
Move illustrates attempt to thwart Beijing’s efforts to develop hi-tech industries that US alleges benefited from theft of its intellectual property.