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Shortage of Talent Hits Chinese Chipmakers
China has spent more than $200 billion annually importing chips since 2013 due to soaring demand and a lack of Chinese chips in the market, according to the China Semiconductor Industry Association.
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China is expected to fill the large talent shortage in its domestic computer chip industry, as the U.S. ban on sales of electronic products to smartphone maker ZTE underscores China's overreliance on imported chips, experts say.
To achieve its goal, China will need to invest heavily in research, craft more favorable policies for Chinese chipmakers, and attract more high-end foreign talent, experts say.
China will also need to bolster its homegrown talent pool by strengthening education and career services for graduates, improve benefits for engineers doing basic research, and support innovative and original work in electronic engineering and computer science, they say.
In 2017, there were fewer than 300,000 employees working in China's integrated circuit industry, but the country needs at least 400,000 more to reach its goal of boosting the industry's size fivefold before 2030, according to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.
From Ecns.cn
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