Recently, the Shenzhen Municipal People's Government issued the Measures to Accelerate the High-Quality Development of the Whole 5G Industry Chain in Shenzhen. The Measures puts forward five main objectives: first, to comprehensively improve the efficiency of the 5G network; second, to fill the vacancies and improve the weak links in the 5G industry chain; third, to accelerate the maturity of 5G modules and terminals; fourth, to accelerate the application of 5G; and fifth, to deepen the reform of "delegating power, improving regulation, and upgrading service" in the 5G field.
Among them, the second objective emphasizes the importance of making technical breakthroughs in 5G network equipment chips. Shenzhen should give full play to the role of state-level platforms/carriers such as the State Key Laboratory of 5G and the National Manufacturing Innovation Center; and make technological breakthroughs in base station/baseband chips, base station radio frequency chips, optical communication chips, and server memory chips to realize the domestication of 5G network equipment chips. The enterprises are supported to participate in the general, key and major technology development projects on 5G network equipment chips by granting a subsidy of not more than 5 million yuan, 10 million yuan and 30 million yuan respectively.