Electronic components sector to gain traction By MA SI | CHINA DAILY | Updated: 2021-01-30 07:54 Share CLOSE An employee works at a semiconductor production facility in Nantong, Jiangsu province, in February. XU CONGJUN/FOR CHINA DAILY China's top industry regulator said on Friday that it will ramp up efforts to boost the development of the electronic components sector, which is the cornerstone of the entire information technology industry and key to ensuring the stability of production and supply chains. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology said in a three-year plan published on its website that China aims to grow the sales of electronic components sector to 2.1 trillion yuan ($325.1 billion) by 2023.