Reference Message Network reported on April 2 that the "Nikkei Asian Review" published an article on April 1 pointing out that "Made in China" is changing the global industrial competition pattern. The author of the article is its editorial board member Haruhiko Nakayama, and the full text is compiled as follows: When people think about someone trying to dominate fields such as electric vehicles, artificial intelligence, semiconductors, and space, they may think of Elon Musk from the United States. However, the reality is not so. The answer is China. This year marks the final year of "Made in China 2025." Although this year is not yet over, China has already taken the lead in multiple fields including electric vehicles, solar panels, vehicle power batteries, drones, etc. In recent years, despite the restrictions imposed by the United States on China, China has made significant progress in areas such as power semiconductors essential for electric vehicles, semiconductor memory which South Korea's Samsung Electronics excels at, and CMOS (complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor) image sensors first developed by Sony Group. How many Japanese people know about China's memory production giant Yangtze Memory Technologies, semiconductor foundry manufacturer Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC), and semiconductor equipment producer Northern Microelectronics? The International Semiconductor Equipment and Materials Organization predicts that China's semiconductor self-sufficiency rate has risen from 14% in 2014 to 23% in 2023, and is expected to approach 27% by 2027. The global industrial competition landscape is undergoing a major change unnoticed. This particularly worries the United States. The Trump administration, which aimed to revitalize manufacturing, promised to bring automobile supply chains and semiconductor production back to the U.S. In 2023, Yale University lecturer Michael Brenes cited data in the "Foreign Affairs" bimonthly: "America's defense industry fails to meet the broader security needs of the U.S. and its allies." The New York Times sounded the alarm on the "ignorable fact" that America cannot build warships in a 2024 report. According to experts familiar with Sino-American industrial issues, including Honorary Professor Eiichi Endo of the University of Tsukuba, the gap between U.S. shipbuilding capacity and China's exceeds 500 times, based on United Nations statistics and industry surveys. The U.S. shipbuilding industry, like its automotive industry, began to decline since the 1980s. The neglect of the shipbuilding industry has also exacerbated the decline of the U.S. steel industry, including U.S. Steel Corporation. Since the 1990s, China has been vigorously promoting shipbuilding, a process involving not only the steel industry but also shipping and port industries, and has risen to become the world's largest shipbuilding power in over 30 years. The Trump administration announced in March the establishment of a "Shipbuilding Office" at the White House. While the government aims to restore shipbuilding technology, it also wants to revitalize the steel industry. But the question is how to fill the nearly half-century gap? Chinese electric vehicle manufacturer BYD is eroding the markets of Tesla and Japanese companies in various countries. A faint voice can be heard, "We can no longer compete with Chinese manufacturers," because Chinese manufacturers have gained control of the vehicle power battery sector and can produce electric vehicles at lower costs. In the smartphone field, Huawei's operating system "HarmonyOS" has surpassed Apple's iOS in market share in China. The U.S. hardline policy on technology outflow aims to contain China's high-tech industries, but whether it can promote the revival of American manufacturing or ensure the advantage of American high-tech industries remains difficult to judge. (Translated by Liu Lin) Original Source: https://www.toutiao.com/article/7488591755974132251/ Disclaimer: This article solely represents the author's views. Please express your attitude by voting "up" or "down" below.