The Ministry of Commerce has responded that the Netherlands has announced the inclusion of some semiconductor related products such as lithography machines in export control exports | semiconductors | products
Spokesperson of the Ministry of Commerce answering questions from reporters on Dutch semiconductor export controls
A reporter asked: On June 30th, the Netherlands announced that some semiconductor related products such as lithography machines would be included in export controls. What is China's comment on this?
Answer: The Chinese side has taken note of relevant reports. In recent months, China and the Netherlands have engaged in multi-level and multi frequency communication and consultation on semiconductor export control issues. However, the Dutch side ultimately managed the relevant semiconductor equipment, and the Chinese side expressed dissatisfaction with this. In recent years, in order to maintain its global hegemony, the United States has continuously generalized the concept of national security, abused export control measures, and even sacrificed the interests of allies to coerce other countries to implement semiconductor suppression and containment against China, artificially promoting industrial decoupling and chain breaking, seriously damaging the development of the global semiconductor industry. China firmly opposes this.
The Dutch side should start from maintaining international economic and trade rules and the overall situation of Sino Dutch economic and trade cooperation, respect market principles and contractual spirit, avoid measures that hinder the normal cooperation and development of the semiconductor industry between the two countries, refrain from abusing export control measures, effectively safeguard the common interests of Chinese and Dutch enterprises and both sides, and maintain the stability of the global semiconductor industry chain supply chain.