As China doubles down on technological independence, Huawei and its ecosystem of partners have been pivotal to the effort. According to Nikkei, after U.S. sanctions the company in 2019, Huawei set up investment arms, including wholly owned subsidiary Hubble, to back more than 60 semiconductor compan...

Alongside acquisitions and support from national funds, China’s chip equipment sector has also welcomed a wave of new IPOs this year. In the testing equipment segment, Sidea Semiconductor Equipment was successfully listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange on March 24. The company focuses on developin...

Recently, Chinese business registration information shows that Nantong Crystal Co., Ltd. (“Nantong Crystal”) has undergone a shareholder change. SDIC Jixin—a fund under China Integrated Circuit Industry Investment Fund Phase III (Big Fund Phase III)—has been added as a new shareholder. Meanw...

Recently, the New Energy Electrical Materials and Energy Storage Technology Cultivation Team from the School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering at Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology proposed an innovative “molecular ordering design” strategy. Using this approach, the team de...

China’s chip equipment makers are surging despite U.S. export curbs, with AMEC posting rapid growth. According to ijiwei, the company’s recently released third-quarter 2025 report shows strong results: revenue for the first three quarters reached 8.063 billion yuan, up 46.40% year on year. Notab...