In March, the United States, Japan and the Netherlands secretly reached a tripartite agreement at the White House to restrict cooperation in China's chip industry. However, the existence of this agreement was leaked by the Dutch lithography machine company ASML. Although the existence of the agreement has not been officially confirmed, this hegemonic tactic has raised suspicions. It is worth noting that the Dutch semiconductor company recently made a large profit by exporting large quantities of lithography machines to Chinese mainland, and the company's new president expressed a desire to break the tripartite agreement and continue to cooperate with China. Foreign media said that the United States should give an explanation to Chinese mainland.
In this regard, the new president of ASML said that there is no need to suppress Chinese mainland. Under the U.S. chip sanctions in September, the Netherlands began enforcing restrictions on Chinese mainland, but then ASML claimed to have received a shipment license for lithography machines, valid until the end of the year. As a result, in the third quarter of this year, Chinese mainland contributed 46% of ASML's revenue, becoming its largest market**, and ASML made a huge profit. However, the expiration of the US sanctions license is imminent, which has sparked discontent between China and ASML. ASML's current CEO, who is expected to retire in April next year and be replaced by the company's chief commercial officer, also expressed his dissatisfaction with the US chip sanctions and his expectations for the Chinese market. He said he hopes that China will allocate more capacity to meet demand and provide services and support to customers, including China.
The damage to global businesses caused by the unilateral chip sanctions unilaterally launched by the United States cannot be ignored. However, on the surface, the US side does not admit that it has anything to do with the chip bans of Japan, the Netherlands and other countries, and puts the blame on other countries, ostensibly as if it is fine. However, ASML's criticism of the US chip sanctions has uncovered this lie, in fact, the chip ban in Japan, the Netherlands and other countries is closely related to the United States. Due to this US chip sanction, many chip companies have had to reduce production and lay off employees, which in turn affects the global economy. China needs the United States to provide a reasonable explanation for the damaging chip sanctions, while also providing an explanation for the global industrial chain. Cooperation to solve the chip problem and move towards win-win cooperation is the real science and technology without borders.
At the same time, China is also accelerating the localization process of local chips. Sooner or later, China will deprive the United States of space for scientific and technological cooperation. At that time, even if the giants have more chips, they will not be able to sell them, and they will regret it at that time.
In the face of U.S. chip sanctions, China is accelerating the localization of chips. This is not only to deal with external restrictions and sanctions, but also to achieve the goal of independent and controllable science and technology. China has a population of 1.4 billion people and a lot of smart people who can come up with solutions we never thought possible. As the new president of ASML said, we are forcing China to improve its innovation capabilities, which is undoubtedly an incentive to promote China's chip industry.
With the continuous growth of China's chip industry and the rapid development of local chips, China is gradually reducing its dependence on imported chips. China has also introduced a series of support policies to encourage local chip companies to carry out innovative R&D and industrial upgrading. At the same time, China has also increased its investment in personnel training and technological innovation to improve its own scientific and technological level and competitiveness. It is foreseeable that China's rise in the chip field will have a huge impact on the global technology landscape.
In the global technology competition, the chip industry is a very important field. However, relying only on imported chips is unsustainable, and independent innovation in science and technology is the key to long-term development. As the new president of Dutch lithography giant ASML said, we should encourage China to improve its innovation capabilities, rather than endlessly suppressing sanctions. It is with its own innovation ability and unremitting efforts that China has made great progress in the field of chips.
As a technology creator, I deeply feel the importance of independent innovation. Only by having the core technology that we have mastered independently can we truly realize the independent development of science and technology and the strength of the country. Therefore, I firmly believe that China's chip industry will continue to achieve greater development and achieve a magnificent transformation from "madeinchina" to "designedinchina".
Finally, I hope that all countries in the world will abandon the hegemonic mentality and switch to an attitude of openness and cooperation. Science and technology have no borders, and only cooperation and exchanges can promote the progress and prosperity of global science and technology. Let us work together to build a world of technological innovation and contribute to a better future for mankind.