The United States recently launched its third crackdown in three years on China’s semiconductor industry by imposing new export restrictions on 140 companies, including chip equipment maker Naura Technology Group. This effort aims to inhibit Beijing’s chipmaking ambitions and prevent China from advancing its domestic semiconductor manufacturing system for military applications, AI development, and other national security threats. The package includes curbs on China-bound shipments of high-bandwidth memory chips, chipmaking tools, and equipment from countries like Singapore and Malaysia.
The new restrictions also target Chinese chip toolmakers Piotech, ACM Research, and SiCarrier Technology. Additionally, Chinese companies such as Swaysure Technology Co., Si’En Qingdao, and Shenzhen Pensun Technology Co., which work with Huawei Technologies, will face new export restrictions. This move is part of the Biden administration’s tough stance on China and its efforts to safeguard U.S. national security interests by limiting China’s access to advanced chips and chipmaking technologies.
The U.S. aims to hinder China’s self-sufficiency in the semiconductor sector, while China views the restrictions as economic coercion and non-market practices that disrupt global supply chains. The new rules also target investments in sensitive semiconductor manufacturing capabilities, adding restrictions on companies like Wise Road Capital and Wingtech Technology Co. The U.S. plans to expand its powers to regulate exports of chipmaking equipment made by U.S., Japanese, and Dutch manufacturers to Chinese chip plants, with exemptions for Japan and the Netherlands.
The latest rules mark the third major package of chip-related export curbs on China during the Biden administration’s tenure, continuing the U.S. efforts to limit China’s technological advancements in the semiconductor industry.
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