China News Service, February 5 (Xinhua) According to Taiwan's "Business Times", the U.S. Department of Commerce plans to send a "explanatory mission" to Taiwan in March. As the United States continues to expand its ban on semiconductor exports to mainland China, this news has attracted market attention. It is understood that in addition to the originally scheduled sessions at the Hsinchu Science Park, the "explanatory tour" will also include a new session at the Southern Taiwan Science Park. U.S. personnel will meet face-to-face with Taiwan’s semiconductor supply chain operators to convey their position that they “must fully understand” the regulations related to the U.S. chip ban.
Officials from Taiwan's economic department said that the "briefing sessions" for semiconductor manufacturers are mainly hosted by the "American Institute in Taiwan", and the reason why the number of sessions in the Southern Taiwan Science Park is increased is because major semiconductor manufacturers such as TSMC have set up factories in southern Taiwan in recent years to carry out advanced manufacturing processes. chip production, it also drives related industrial clusters to extend southward.
According to reports, the U.S. ban on chip exports to mainland China continues to raise the control threshold. Officials from the Industrial Development Administration, Taiwan’s economic authority, said that in the U.S.’s “tightened ban” in October last year, the “computing power density” indicator was added as a restriction. Threshold, chips that require computing exceeding a certain standard will not be sold in the mainland Chinese market, and foundries using American technology will not be allowed to manufacture mainland Chinese chips.
In response, some netizens on the island left messages to express their dissatisfaction with the DPP authorities' surrender to the United States: "The boss of the United States has come to issue an order."
In response to the United States' continuous tightening of control measures on chip exports to China and increased pressure on Chinese semiconductor companies, a spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs once pointed out that the United States often talks about international rules, but what it really does is ignore the rules and break them. matter. Facts clearly show that the United States is deliberately suppressing the development of China's chip industry, not out of "national security" considerations, nor is it an act of fair competition, but an act of unilateral bullying without a principled bottom line, depriving emerging markets and developing countries of the pursuit of happiness. The right to live. The actions of the United States have seriously affected the stability of the international production and supply chain, poisoned the atmosphere of international cooperation, and encouraged division and confrontation. This selfish approach is destined to shoot itself in the foot.