{
  "id": 2909,
  "url": "https://www.scmp.com/tech/article/3360269/chinese-state-owned-firms-set-semiconductor-funds-amid-calls-patient-capital",
  "title": "China Life sets up semiconductor fund amid Beijing’s call for ‘patient’ capital",
  "summary": "Companies backed by the state and provincial governments in China have announced new funds to focus on the semiconductor industry, which requires a large amount of time and resources to grow, at a time when the country is in need of more “patient capital”. China Life Insurance, the country’s largest life insurer, backed by the State Council, said it would establish a partnership with total capital of 5 billion yuan (US$737 million) that “principally invests in companies operating in the...",
  "authors": "Coco Feng",
  "category": "news",
  "topics": "healthcare,finance-investment",
  "orgs": null,
  "regions": "china",
  "published_at": "2026-07-12T12:00:17.000Z",
  "fetched_at": "2026-07-14T16:11:46.979Z",
  "source_slug": "x-scmp-tech-hk-cn",
  "source_name": "SCMP Tech (HK/CN)",
  "source_homepage": "https://www.scmp.com/tech",
  "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/2909",
  "original_url": "https://www.scmp.com/tech/article/3360269/chinese-state-owned-firms-set-semiconductor-funds-amid-calls-patient-capital",
  "evidence_status": "source-only",
  "attribution": "via ethics.ai"
}