THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS – MARCH 23:Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte meets with the President of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping on the Catshuis March 23, 2014 in The Hague, Netherlands. (Photo by Valerie Kuypers-Pool/Getty Images
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China’s technological progress can’t be stopped, Chinese President Xi Jinping instructed Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte after they met in Beijing Wednesday for talks on areas such because the vital semiconductor business.
“The Chinese people also have legitimate development rights, and no force can stop the pace of China’s scientific and technological progress,” stated Xi, in accordance with Xinhua News Agency.
Xi stated China will “continue to pursue a win-win approach.”
Relations between China and the Netherlands have been strained because the the Netherlands, together with the U.S., blocked exports of superior chip expertise to China over considerations they may very well be used for navy functions.
Semiconductor chips are vital parts which can be present in every little thing from smartphones to vehicles.
Dutch tech big ASML has been barred from exporting extreme ultraviolet lithography machines to China — it’s the solely firm at the moment able to making such machines To date, it has not shipped a single EUV machine to China but.
Such EUV lithography machines are essential for chip manufacturing and are utilized by corporations like Taiwan’s TSMC to make the smallest and most refined chips.
In January, the Netherlands barred ASML from exporting a few of its deep ultraviolet lithography methods to China, that are used to make barely much less superior chips.
Beijing slammed the Dutch government’s move, urging the Netherlands to “uphold an objective and fair position and market principles” and “protect the shared interests” of the 2 nations and their corporations.
“Creating scientific and technological barriers and severing industrial and supply chains will only lead to division and confrontation,” Xi stated Wednesday, in accordance with Xinhua state media.
He stated cooperation is the one manner and added that “decoupling and breaking the chain” is just not an choice.
Xi stated China is able to proceed dialogue with the Netherlands and urged the Dutch facet to “provide a fair and transparent business environment for Chinese enterprises.”
According to Reuters, Rutte stated Wednesday the Netherlands tried to make sure that export restrictions, when associated to semiconductor business and corporations like ASML, are by no means aimed toward one nation. “We always try to make sure the impact is limited,” he was quoted as saying.
Chinese state media reported that Rutte responded by saying decoupling is just not a coverage alternative for the Dutch authorities both, “since any act undermining China’s development interests will only boomerang.”
