The downfall of the celebrities in the China's semiconductor industrial scandal

May 22, 2025 – (Beijing) In the past few days, a photo that is known as the “death group” in the semiconductor industry has widespread in the areas of media and sectors in China and Taiwan. The Image Features Six individuals, including that co-CEO of TSINGHUA Unigroup, Diao Shijing, CEO of Huaxin Investment, Lu Jun, Zhao WeiGuo, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Tsinghua Unigroup, Ding Wenwu, General Manager of the National Integrated Circuit Industry Investment Fund, Fund, Zhang Yadong, CEO of Tsinghua Unigroup, and Qi Lian, Co-CEO from Tsinghua Unigroup, with most of the ones who are now involved in various scandals.

These six figures once kept over billions of capital in the Chinese semiconductor industry and led numerous important projects in the Semiconductor sector. Today, many are either behind bars or avoid justice, with their once influential positions in the current landscape reduced to mere shadows.

Among them is Zhao WeiGuo, the former chairman of Tsinghua Unigroup, the latest headlines. He was condemned on May 14 for corruption and illegal profit of more than 1.4 billion RMB. He received a death sentence that was suspended for two years.

This recent judgment triggered an external interest in the “death group photo” from the Chinese semiconductor sector and caused a frenzy within the industry and in the media, which went beyond the street and attracted attention from the semiconductor sector and the media of Taiwan.

Tsinghua Unigroup, once an outstanding number in the realm of the semiconductor, quickly expanded its range with considerable mergers and acquisitions that were supported by state resources. The former chairman Zhao WeiGuo became a well -known personality in China and Taiwan. During media interviews, his courageous statements, such as plans to “acquire TSMC and merge with Mediatek”, have to create strong reactions in the semiconductor industry of Taiwan.

In order to strengthen the semiconductor sector and the protection against strategic competition with the United States, which could hinder China's technological progress, the nationally integrated circuit industry investment, which is generally known as “Big Fund”, was set up in September 2014.

Tsinghua Unigroup had expressed interest in the merger with Mediatek. The death sentence of the former chairman Zhao WeiGuo on May 14 with two -year repies with a two -year -old reply, widely observed this photo, widespread in the industry and even sparked interest in the street in the semiconductor and in the media sector.

The once increasing star of the semiconductor industry Tsinghua Unigroup with its state -supported initiatives and comprehensive acquisitions aimed to revolutionize the sector. At that time, the ambitious plans of chairman Zhao WeiGuo made him a well -known figure on both sides of the street, with his bold statements attracting widespread attention. However, the development events have taken up the sheet with important figures for legal effects and marked a significant decline in the middle of the capital game.