• A production line at Tsinghon, a start-up making high-end films and adhesives for chip products, in Shenzhen on Dec. 17. Beijing’s drive to free itself from reliance on imported semiconductors has lifted startups and big firms alike. Some have flamed out. But there has been progress. | GILLES SABRIE / THE NEW YORK TIMES
    A production line at Tsinghon, a start-up making high-end films and adhesives for chip products, in Shenzhen on Dec. 17. Beijing’s drive to free itself from reliance on imported semiconductors has lifted startups and big firms alike. Some have flamed out. But there has been progress. | GILLES SABRIE / THE NEW YORK TIMES
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Liu Fengfeng had more than a decade under his belt at one of the world’s most prominent technology companies before he realized where the real gold rush in China was taking place.

Computer chips are the brains and souls of all the electronics the country’s factories crank out. Yet they are mostly designed and produced overseas. China’s government is lavishing money on anyone who can help change that.

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