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China is urging the country’s top carmakers to source up to a quarter of their chips locally by 2025 as the world’s biggest automotive market looks to build a semiconductor supply chain amid escalating tensions with the US.
The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has asked carmakers including SAIC Motor, BYD, Dongfeng Motor, GAC Motor and FAW Group to increase their local procurement of automotive-related chips to 20-25 per cent by next year,…