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A logo hangs on the construction of the Beijing branch of Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) on December 4, 2020 in Beijing, China.
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Taiwan researchers alleged Friday that the Chinese chip manufacturer Semiconductor manufacturing international co. (SMIC) illegally recruited high -tech talent.
The Taiwan Ministry of Justice Office (MIJB) said in a statement that SMIC had used a Samoa headquarters as coverage to establish a subsidiary on the island “under the pretext of foreign investment” and has been “actively recruiting” Taiwan’s talent.
CNBC could not independently verify the statements and SMIC was not immediately available to comment.
The Ministry said that Taiwan began investigating the issue in December 2024. Eleven Chinese companies suspicions of Paoches talent were investigated, he said, with agents who searches for 34 locations and interrogated 90 people.
SMIC is the largest semiconductor manufacturing company in China. He was pushed to the care center in 2023 when it was revealed as the manufacturer of the 7 nanometers chip on the Huawei smartphone at that time. A few years earlier, SMIC got into a black exportlist of the United States government.
China has been trying to increase its chips manufacturing capabilities through SMIC, but the company is still behind competitors such as TSMC In Taiwan. Export restrictions of chips imposed by the US. UU. It also means that SMIC cannot access the latest chips manufacturing tools of critical suppliers such as ASML that I could allow it to be updated.
Taiwan is a talent focus on the semiconductor industry, since it is the home of TSMC, the largest and most advanced chips manufacturer in the world. The United States has tried to take advantage of this talent and bring more chip manufacturing capabilities to its coasts, by convince TSMC to build more manufacturing capacity in the country.
Mjib de Taiwan said he established a special working group at the end of 2020 to investigate the accusations of “illegal poaching” talent.
“Chinese companies often disguise their identities through various means, including the creation of operations under the appearance of Taiwanese companies, Chinese abroad or invested abroad, while in reality they are backed by Chinese capital, establishing commercial locations not authorized in Taiwan without government approval, and using employment agencies to assign employees to the Taiwanés company,” said the ministry.
