Organization’s new database highlights how Beijing tilts playing field
Semiconductors and solar panels are among the most heavily subsidized industries identified by the OECD. (Nikkei montage/Source photos by Yuki Kohara and Reuters)
KENJI KAWASE
June 1, 2026 18:00 JST
Updated on June 1, 2026 19:21 JST
TOKYO — A database launched by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development shows that Chinese companies in selected sectors received up to eight times more government subsidies than their peers in OECD countries over the two decades to 2024, underscoring how Beijing has tipped the industrial scales.