CHINA FABS GO INTO EXPANSION OVERDRIVE: China's ambitious plans to ramp up its IC-making facilities will be fuelled by IPOs

摘要

SURGING DOMESTIC and overseas demand for electronics equipment is expected to transform China's semiconductor industry into a USD42bn (￡23-5bn) market by 2006, making it the largest after the US and Japan, Driving the development of the mainland's chip industry during the past three years was the combination of favourable government policies and a tremendous surge in foreign investment.