Xi Urges China to Combat Rivals’ Tech Dominance During Chip Battle With US
In his speech, Xi said his nation would stick to its goal of “building a strong country in science and technology by 2035.”
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President Xi Jinping called on China to step up innovation because other countries dominate certain key technologies, comments that underscore his nation’s escalating semiconductor confrontation with the US.
While China had “made great progress” in science, he said that “original innovation ability is still relatively weak; some key, core technologies are controlled by others; and there is a shortage of top scientific and technological talents.”