In recent years, in order to monopolize the global chip market, the United States has not hesitated to risk destroying the country's credibility and adopted hegemonic means to suppress Chinese enterprises. The so-called "national security" is a clumsy excuse for the United States to suppress Chinese technology companies in such a desperate manner, and its main goal is to try to exclude China from the international chip supply chain, so as to prevent China from surpassing the United States in related fields.
To this end, the United States has created the so-called "chip alliance" to pull international allies into the small courtyard and high walls it has built against China, and imposed export controls on China, including chip products, manufacturing equipment and raw materials, in an attempt to stifle the development of China's semiconductor industry by cutting off supply. According to Singapore's "Lianhe Zaobao", a senior U.S. official recently threatened that Chinese chipmaker SMIC could violate U.S. law if it provides chips to sanctioned telecom giant Huawei.
Obviously, the US government is sending a threatening signal that if SMIC is confirmed to have provided chips to Huawei, it means that the company will be sanctioned for "violating US law."
In fact, both Huawei and SMIC have long been included in the US sanctions list. Therefore, the US officials are still issuing this kind of somewhat funny threat at this time, which seems to be a bit of a rush to the doctor. After all, whether it is Huawei or SMIC, these Chinese technology companies that have been severely sanctioned by the United States have not been brought down as the United States expects. On the contrary, SMIC has now become the leader of China's chip industry, and Huawei has launched a new mobile phone with domestic high-end chips, which directly shocked the whole world.
Recently, the United States has introduced a new bill requiring American companies to stop providing high-end chips to Chinese companies, in an attempt to increase pressure on China's chip industry. In response, China not only diplomatically condemned the U.S. decoupling and chain breaking, which would cause harm to Chinese and American companies, but also substantively countered the relevant provocative acts of the United States. According to the "Reference News", in order to break through the blockade of the United States, China is stepping up the construction of its own semiconductor supply chain, and will mainly expand investment in mature process chip manufacturing equipment in the future.
Japan's "Economic News" recently reported that in order to maintain the growth momentum of domestic semiconductor production capacity, China has a plan to propose the establishment of another national fund. In addition, foreign media recently reported that relevant Chinese departments have urged relevant companies to purchase chips made in China to promote the rapid development of the domestic semiconductor industry. Obviously, in response to the US provocation, China no longer seems to be bargaining with the United States this time, but taking concrete actions to directly counterattack it.
You must know that China is one of the largest chip markets in the world, and the market demand accounts for about 40% of the total global chip production. Such a huge market is not only an important market for foreign semiconductor companies, but also an opportunity for the development and growth of China's semiconductor industry. Because of the recent introduction of a series of policies in the field of semiconductors by relevant departments, it is very conducive to the breakthrough of China's semiconductors in some key technical fields.
Obviously, the United States formed a chip alliance to block and adopt export control sanctions in an attempt to curb the development of China's semiconductor companies, which is a rare opportunity for the development and growth of China's chip industry. In this regard, the US government can pretend to be deaf and dumb, but the relevant industries in the United States are worried that they will lose the Chinese market. As a result, U.S. chipmakers are looking for ways to circumvent the authorities' sanctions and continue to expand their investments in the Chinese market. At the same time, Dutch Prime Minister Rutte will also visit China to consult with the Chinese side on issues such as export licensing and after-sales service for lithography machines.
When it comes to business, entrepreneurs in the United States are clearly far more rational than their politicians in the White House and Congress. Because they know that China's financial resources and scientific and technological research and development strength are fully capable of breaking through the US blockade and manufacturing their own high-end chips. In time, as long as China's semiconductor industry breaks through the blockade of some key technologies and develops its own high-end chips or related manufacturing equipment, then there will be nothing to do with foreign companies in China's chip market in the future.