This paper addresses event‐triggered point control design for semilinear partial differential equation systems by using pointwise measurements. First, the nonlinear terms existing in the plant are approximated by Takagi–Sugeno fuzzy model, based on which a novel fuzzy controller is constructed. The main novelties of the control strategy are summarized as follows: (1) The one‐dimensional space is divided into L parts, and only a few points need to measure. (2) Event‐triggered communication scheme is introduced to save the limited transmission channel. (3) Pointwise control is considered to reduce the control cost via utilizing limited actuators. Second, the conditions that guarantee the stability of the closed‐loop system are established by using Lyapunov direct method and some inequality techniques including Wirtinger's and Halanay's inequalities, and the controller gains can be obtained via solving linear matrix inequalities. Third, three simulation examples are provided to verify the effectiveness and superiority of the proposed approach.