Experts say persevere when 'chips' are down

Despite trade frictions, China's semiconductor industry should remain open to international cooperation and make more efforts to contribute to the development of the sector which is highly globalized, company executives and analysts said.

Sun Yingtong, chairman of Nationz Technologies Inc, a major chip company in China, said: "Openness is the soul of the semiconductor industry. Despite the complicated international situation, we still need to have an open and inclusive mind. No matter what happens, we have to work hard to make ourselves leaders in technologies."

"Though trade disputes will temporarily boost the demand for domestic chips, it cuts Chinese companies' access to crucial chip design tools such as Electronics Design Automation."