An employee makes a chip at a factory in Nantong in eastern China’s Jiangsu province. Photo: STR/AFP
An employee makes a chip at a factory in Nantong in eastern China’s Jiangsu province. Photo: STR/AFP

China’s semiconductor output in May rebounds as Covid-19 restrictions ease

  • Production of integrated circuits last month rebounded 6 per cent from April, but it was still 10 per cent lower than a year earlier
  • Total chip production in the first five months this year amounted to 134.9 billion units, down 6 per cent from the same period in 2021

An employee makes a chip at a factory in Nantong in eastern China’s Jiangsu province. Photo: STR/AFP
An employee makes a chip at a factory in Nantong in eastern China’s Jiangsu province. Photo: STR/AFP
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