Building an independent and controllable integrated circuit industry system: Reflections and suggestions on the development of China's integrated circuit industry during the "15th Five−Year Plan" period

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Yangyuan WANG¹, Weihai BU², Xiekang YU³, Runsheng WANG¹, Yongwen WANG⁴, Weiping LIU⁵, Deren YANG⁶, Xiaolang YAN⁶, Nanxiang CHEN⁷, Xing ZHANG¹, Jinrong ZHAO⁸, Jin KANG², Shaojun WEI⁹

Science & Technology Review | 2026, 44(3) : 34 - 49

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Science & Technology Review | 2026, 44(3): 34-49

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¹School of Integrated Circuits, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China

²North Integrated Circuit Technology Innovation Center (Beijing) Co., Ltd., Beijing 100176, China

³National Technology Innovation Strategic Alliance for IC Packaging and Testing Industry Chain, Wuxi 320214, China

⁴School of Software and Microelectronics, Peking University, Beijing 102600, China

⁵Beijing Empyrean Technology Co., Ltd., Beijing 100102, China

⁶School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China

⁷Yangtze Memory Technologies Co., Ltd., (YMTC), Wuhan 430078, China

⁸NAURA Microelectronics Equipment Co., Ltd., Beijing 100176, China

⁹School of Integrated Circuits, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China

Published: 2026-02-13 doi: 10.3981/j.issn.1000-7857.2025.10.00017

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Based on the evolutionary law of the 50−year long−wave cycle of the world economy, this paper focuses on the core engine of the fifth long−wave cycle—the integrated circuit (IC) industry. It systematically sorts out the development history, current status of the industrial system, and global competitive pattern of China's IC industry from the "6th Five−Year Plan" to the "14th Five−Year Plan" periods. By analyzing the development achievements in key links such as electronic design automation (EDA), design, manufacturing, packaging and testing, equipment, materials, and memory, the paper identifies China's breakthroughs in chip autonomy in national security−related fields and the phased achievements of multiple enterprises ranking among the top 10 in relevant global fields. Meanwhile, it deeply analyzes the industry's existing problems, including homogeneous competition and internal friction caused by "small scale, dispersion, and weakness", lack of fault tolerance and trial−and−error mechanisms between upstream and downstream enterprises, imperfect data statistics and industrial standards, and insufficient transformation of "national efforts" into practical actions. Combined with the development trends of integrated circuits in the post−Moore era—extending Moore's Law, expanding Moore's Law, transcending Moore's Law, and enriching Moore's Law—the paper proposes that during the "15th Five−Year Plan" period, efforts should be made to build leading enterprises, improve coordination mechanisms, increase targeted investment, strengthen basic research, deepen international cooperation, and optimize talent training.

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integrated circuit / industry / long−wave cycle / post−Moore era / 15th Five−Year Plan / independent and controllable / industrial chain security

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Yangyuan WANG, Weihai BU, Xiekang YU, Runsheng WANG, Yongwen WANG, Weiping LIU, Deren YANG, Xiaolang YAN, Nanxiang CHEN, Xing ZHANG, Jinrong ZHAO, Jin KANG, Shaojun WEI. Building an independent and controllable integrated circuit industry system: Reflections and suggestions on the development of China's integrated circuit industry during the "15th Five−Year Plan" period[J]. Science & Technology Review, 2026 , 44 (3) : 34 -49 . DOI: 10.3981/j.issn.1000-7857.2025.10.00017

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doi: 10.3981/j.issn.1000-7857.2025.10.00017

Receive Date：2025-10-09
Online Date：2026-02-13
Published：2026-02-13

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Received：2025-10-09
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