China Integrated Circuit Industry Investment Fund

China Integrated Circuit Industry Investment Fund Co., Ltd.
Native name
国家集成电路产业投资基金股份有限公司
Company typeState-owned enterprise
IndustryInvestment management
Founded26 September 2014; 10 years ago (2014-09-26)
HeadquartersBeijing, China
Key people
Zhang Xin (President)
AUMUS$45 billion (2023)[1]
OwnersMinistry of Finance (36.74%)
China Development Bank (22.29%)
China Tobacco (11.14%)

The China Integrated Circuit Industry Investment Fund (ICF; Chinese: 国家集成电路产业投资基金; pinyin: Guójiā Jíchéng Diànlù Chǎnyè Tóuzī Jījīn), also known as the National Integrated Circuit Industry Investment Fund and the Big Fund (Chinese: 国家大基金; pinyin: Guójiā Dàjījīn),[2]: 274  is a China Government Guidance Fund. The fund aims to help China reach its national goal of achieving self-sufficiency in the semiconductor industry (as part of the Made in China 2025 plan) by investing in domestic semiconductor companies. It has played a significant role with regards to the semiconductor industry in China by funding companies such as SMIC, Hua Hong Semiconductor, and YMTC.

The fund has three phases respectively, with Big Fund I (2014 to 2019) and Big Fund II (2019 to 2024), and Big Fund III (2024 to 2039). The fund's management company is Sino IC Capital.[3]

  1. ^ "China's 'Big Fund' Gets New Boss To Fight US Chip Export Curbs". Bloomberg News. 13 March 2023. Archived from the original on 13 March 2023. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
  2. ^ Zhang, Angela Huyue (2024). High Wire: How China Regulates Big Tech and Governs Its Economy. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/oso/9780197682258.001.0001. ISBN 9780197682258.
  3. ^ "China's top anti-corruption body probes ex-semiconductor fund executive". South China Morning Post. 18 July 2022. Archived from the original on 14 September 2023. Retrieved 11 September 2023.