When the global GDP rankings were released in 1995, the United States panicked.

China's economic scale is getting closer and closer to that of the United States, and it is very likely to surpass the United States within two or three years. How can the United States, which prides itself on being the world's number one power, bear this?

However, the biggest problem for the US right now is that China has seized the development opportunities in the internet, computer, communications, and semiconductor industries, and US companies simply can't compete!

The market share of companies such as Microsoft, Apple, IBM, Intel, and Oracle is far lower than that of Wujiang Group.

Even resorting to underhanded tactics could not stop the rapid development of Wujiang Group.

Instead, it has further led to the backwardness of the technology sector in country M.

Therefore, at present, country M is trying to regain its advantage in the field of technology.

Recently, the United States passed a resolution in Congress to allocate $25 billion to provide large-scale and substantial support to its technology companies, with the chip industry being particularly important.

Chips are crucial to the development of many technological products. Advanced chips can ensure the superior performance of products, giving them a strong competitive edge.

Because the US lost out to Wujiang Group in the chip industry, many of its technology products, such as computers, game consoles, mobile phones, MP3 players, and network equipment, are not competitive.

Furthermore, Wujiang Group has never acted alone; instead, it has supported the development of numerous domestic companies, thus encircling and suppressing enterprises in the United States.

Finally, there is China's huge demographic dividend, which is something that American technology companies simply cannot match.

Even today, China still enjoys a huge demographic dividend.

China's booming economy has led to a shift in global capital away from the US and towards China. Developing in China clearly offers greater growth potential and higher profits!

In the eleven years since the establishment of Wujiang Group, at least $500 billion of international capital has poured into China, especially in recent years, the scale of international capital investing in China has become enormous.

The US can only strive to catch up in the field of science and technology, given its strong foundation and close ties with Western countries, allowing it to use or import advanced technologies and equipment from other nations. China, on the other hand, is restricted by various agreements and unable to import advanced technologies and equipment from abroad.

However, if the US's high-tech industry still cannot catch up with China in a short period of time...

This could very likely lead to a sharp drop in the GDP of the United States.

As we all know, the GDP of the United States can be summarized as high consumption, high labor costs, and high expectations.

In country M, the service sector accounts for 80% of GDP, playing a crucial role in the country's economic system. Agriculture, on the other hand, accounts for less than 1% of the economy, while industry accounts for approximately 19% of GDP.

The US's massive GDP is supported by its high income and high consumption.

But if the US's technology declines, can it still support its high income?

Can one afford high consumption without a high income?

The GDP of the United States may experience a precipitous drop!

China's economic structure is clearly more rational. Although the tertiary industry accounts for a large proportion, China is the only country in the world with a complete industrial system and is a manufacturing powerhouse, transforming into a manufacturing superpower. Among these, manufacturing accounts for a very large proportion of China's economy.

The future undoubtedly belongs to manufacturing powerhouses with innovative capabilities.

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At this time, many technology companies in country M received government support and obtained low-interest or even interest-free loans.

However, to manufacture chips, you must first manufacture lithography machines!

More than a decade has passed, yet there has been no breakthrough in lithography technology. It's fair to say that we're still stuck in the same place.

If the US chip industry wants to surpass China, the only way is to increase investment in the field of lithography machines.

Currently, there are only three giants in the lithography machine market: ASML, Nikon, and Canon.

However, ASML is clearly better controlled by US capital than Japan's Nikon and Canon.

RB is too intense, it's hard to handle.

Recently, ASML's stock price has started to surge, with major US technology companies and investment institutions openly and covertly buying ASML shares.

The intention of the United States to support ASML is quite clear.

In addition, many companies in the semiconductor industry chain have received investment.

However, these companies are only developing dry lithography machines and related chip manufacturing equipment.

Of course, Japanese companies Canon and Nikon were not to be outdone, and the two countries began a dry lithography machine race in January 1996!

While the US and Japan are ramping up production of dry lithography machines every day, Wujiang Microelectronics has already produced a large number of chips using immersion lithography machines. Many of Wujiang Group's products have directly entered the mass production stage, including Pangu supercomputers, Nuwa servers, Shenzhou computers, iBook laptops, PHS phones, iPhones (supporting CDMA and GSM, dual SIM dual standby), iPods, Super VCDs, Tomahawk game consoles, Game Boys, Zeiss medical equipment, Zeiss cameras, routers, switches, base station RF chips, sensors, automotive chips, aerospace chips, industrial chips, digital video processing chips, and so on.

Zhao Ye plans to make a big move. Launching so many products that use advanced chips into the market will likely catch his competitors off guard and leave them completely stunned!

As time went by, from January to the end of March 1996, global investment in the semiconductor industry increased by 185.6% compared to the previous year.

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