The development of China’s semiconductor sector has gained new momentum in the first year of the country’s 13th Five-Year Plan (2016~2020). According to the global market research firm TrendForce, committed policy efforts and investments from the Chinese government have resulted in the formation of four IC industry clusters that are respectively located in the country’s four major regions of activities – the Yangtze River Delta, the Pearl River Delta, the Beijing-Tianjin Bohai Sea region and the Central-Western region.
