Interpretation of the 15th Five-Year Plan: The Necessity of Replacing Imported Chips with Domestically Produced Ones
As The 2026 National Two Sessions have kicked off, and the implementation of the proposals outlined in the "15th Five-Year Plan" has become one of the key topics. Against the backdrop of integrated circuits being designated as a key area for tackling critical core technologies, the domestic substitution of chips in the high-end equipment sector is shifting from “piecemeal breakthroughs” toward “full-chain collaboration.” Industry experts believe that for high-end manufacturing sectors—such as industrial machine tools, robotics, and energy equipment—that are vital to the nation’s economic security—the chip substitution is no longer merely a “backup” for supply-chain security; rather, it has become an essential step toward achieving technological self-reliance and strength. Essential 。
Promote breakthroughs in critical core technologies across the entire industrial chain.
The “Suggestions of the CPC Central Committee on Formulating the 15th Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development” explicitly states: “We must strengthen original innovation and tackle key core technologies. We will improve the new national system, adopt unconventional measures, and promote breakthroughs—across the entire industrial chain—in critical core technologies in key areas such as integrated circuits, industrial mother machines, high-end instruments, basic software, advanced materials, and bio-manufacturing.” This statement outlines a clear path for industrial development over the next five years. In an interview, Guo Yufeng, a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and Deputy General Manager of Phytium Information Technology Co., Ltd., emphasized that the essence of “promoting across the entire industrial chain” lies in fostering collaborative innovation within the industrial ecosystem, rather than achieving isolated, point-by-point breakthroughs in individual technologies. “If you’ve developed a chip but lack a supporting operating system, it’s just an ‘isolated island’; if you have an operating system but no control software, it’s merely a ‘shell’.” As the “national team” for domestic CPU R&D, Phytium has set its sights on becoming a world-class computing chip design company, continuously making breakthroughs in both general-purpose and intelligent computing fields.
Achieve independent and controllable industrial control systems.
Industrial control systems are regarded as the “central nervous system” of new industrialization, and their security, controllability, and intelligent upgrading directly impact the resilience of industrial and supply chains. Committee Member Guo Yufeng stated frankly that currently, the domestic production rate of high-end industrial control core software and hardware in China is less than 40%, leaving us facing the fragmented substitution dilemma of “single-component chip replacement” and a lagging level of intelligence. “Simple import substitution can no longer meet the dual demands of ‘security plus intelligence.’” To address this situation, he proposed establishing a three-in-one development path—“security access—comprehensive substitution—intelligent upgrading”: First, establish a full-lifecycle security access mechanism for core industrial control products at the source to solidify the security baseline; second, abandon fragmented upgrades and adopt an integrated adaptation principle encompassing “chips—operating systems—industrial applications,” launching pilot programs for comprehensive substitution in sectors such as power and chemical industries; third, deeply integrate “AI plus” into the transformation process, creating an intelligent industrial control architecture featuring coordinated collaboration among “cloud-edge-end,” thereby achieving “substitution equals upgrading, and going live equals intelligence.”
Moving from “usable” to “easy to use and daring to use”
Looking ahead to the 15th Five-Year Plan, the localization of chips in the high-end equipment sector is at a critical juncture—transitioning from “scale expansion” to “high-quality development.” A series of coordinated policy measures are being implemented, ranging from strengthening the supply of high-quality scientific and technological innovations, to bolstering the leading role of enterprises, and to promoting the efficient commercialization of scientific and technological achievements.
As Committee Member Guo Yufeng put it: “Turning ‘bottleneck’ key technologies into ‘trump-card’ products is the ambitious goal of China’s domestic computing chip industry.” Over the next five years, establishing a risk-compensation mechanism for “first purchases and first uses,” curbing harmful price competition, and driving China’s industrial control systems from being merely “usable” to being “easy to use and confidently adopted”—these will become the joint focus of efforts by both industry players and policymakers. In this critical contest that determines our nation’s competitiveness, collaborative innovation across the entire industrial value chain and sustained, unwavering R&D investment will be the only path toward achieving independent and controllable technological capabilities.
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