The Chip Insider®– China's 3rd Plenum: What it means for the Chip War
Author: G. Dan Hutcheson
Summary:
China's 3rd Plenum: What it means for the Chip War -- The results of the latest 3rd Plenum are out. They tend to detail the country’s economic policy concerns for the future, including technology goals. In 2013, the geopolitical fires that would ignite the Second World Chip War (WCW II) were lit with this meeting when its “Made in China 2025 (中国制造2025)” mandate was published. Xi Jinping had just come to power in 2012 and this was his opening shot at leading China toward new long-term goals. Chin-ologists interested in the country’s economy closely read the communique summary of this bi-decadal meeting and its longer decision document looking for clues about upcoming policy changes. Chips and the impact on the WCW II: The best indications from the 3rd Plenum are that China will double down on efforts to control their destiny in semiconductors.
"A good plan, violently executed now is better than a perfect plan tomorrow" – General George S. Patton
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