The Fifth Session of the 13th National People's Congress and the Fifth Session of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (the "Two Sessions") were held in Beijing as scheduled. From the "Government Work Report" to the proposals of representatives from all walks of life, the semiconductor industry is one of the most important technology topics.   To keep you updated on the key developments in China's semiconductor industry, this article summarizes the discussions on the development of the semiconductor industry at this year's Two Sessions and draws out the following four keywords.

On March 5, 2022, the sessions of the National People’s Congress (NPC) and the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (two sessions) were held in Beijing. During the 7-day meeting schedule, several policy arrangements involving cross-border e-commerce were released. Premier Li Keqiang's government work report mentioned that in 2022, the government will continue to implement corporate tax reduction policies to benefit e-commerce small and medium-sized enterprises; overseas, it will expand a high level of opening to the outside world, deploy overseas warehouse development, and overseas smart logistics platform construction; Cross-border logistics will continue to promote and build a more complete supply chain and logistics system.

At Influence Matters, we follow the global technology megatrends closely and regularly discuss them with leading editors in Chinese media to make sure we can counsel our clients on their approach to the Chinese market. Here are some of the trends that our team leader and Semicon specialist Poppy is following for 2022, and some a few comments she collected from editors keeping an eye on these trends in China.

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