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Total net profit at about 190 mainland-listed Chinese chipmakers rose 620% year on year in the first half of 2026, according to Nikkei Asia analysis.
Why it mattersThe gains were driven by demand linked to artificial intelligence and China’s campaign to reduce reliance on overseas semiconductor technology. That makes this more than a tidy earnings statistic: it is a sign that the AI race is strengthening parts of China’s domestic chip industry, too. The figure covers a broad group of companies, so it does not show which firms benefited most or whether the jump will last. Still, the message is difficult to miss: AI spending and supply-chain politics are now pushing in the same direction. Is China’s chip progress being powered more by genuine technical momentum or by strategic spending that may prove harder to sustain?
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