In the face of the constant pressure of strategic constraints from abroad in recent years, Chinese chip design is locked in the low-end of the industrial innovation value chain. How chip design enterprises get rid of the low-end cycle to seize the commanding heights of industrial development has become the key to breaking the market in the Chinese chip industry. Based on the analysis of the current situation of the Chinese chip design industry and its position in the innovation value chain, Huawei HiSilicon, a leading chip design enterprise, was selected as the research object to discuss the causes of its low-end lock-in from three aspects: R&D level, competitors and design talents. In order to solve the adverse effects of low-end locking, such as being easy to control by others, losing the application opportunities in the mainstream market, and difficult to win the favor of the capital market, this paper put forward the crack strategy from the aspects of knowledge reserve, technology research and development, human and financial security, platform building and strategy combination, and provided countermeasures and suggestions for Chinese chip design enterprises to climb the high end of the innovation value chain.