Reuters-China warms to US chipmaker Micron as tensions with Washington ease
November 3, 2023 2 min 274 words
这则报道显示了中国政府对美国半导体公司Micron Technology的态度出现了积极变化，这表明中美两国关系正在缓和。在11月1日的会议上，中国商务部长王文涛告诉Micron Technology的总裁兼首席执行官Sanjay Mehrotra，北京欢迎这家美国半导体公司在中国市场深耕，并承诺为外国企业提供更好的投资环境和服务保障。王文涛还强调，只要遵守中国的法律法规，他们欢迎Micron Technology在中国市场取得更好的发展。 这一缓和的迹象出现在中国网络安全监管机构曾表示Micron未能通过网络安全审查，并禁止中国关键基础设施运营商购买这家美国最大的内存芯片制造商的产品后仅仅几个月。中国之前的行动被广泛视为对华盛顿限制北京获取关键技术的报复行动，而此举发生在七国集团（G7）富裕国家同意他们将寻求“降低风险，而非分离”与中国的关系之后，同时华盛顿正向其盟友施压，限制芯片设备出口到中国。 这一会议反映了中美关系近期出现的紧张局势有所缓解，因为两国官员正在筹备本月晚些时候在旧金山举行的亚太经济合作组织峰会上举行美国总统乔·拜登与中国国家主席习近平的会晤。这一发展表明，外交努力正在推动中美关系迈向更加建设性的方向，有望为双方经济合作创造更多机会。
China's commerce minister told Micron Technology Inc's (MU.O) president Beijing would welcome the U.S. semiconductor company deepening its footprint in the Chinese market, signally a further thaw in relations between the world's top two economies.
In a meeting on Nov. 1, Commerce Minister Wang Wentao told Sanjay Mehrotra, President and CEO of Micron Technology, that China will optimize the environment for foreign investment and provide service guarantees for foreign enterprises, according to a brief statement published on Friday on the commerce ministry's website.
"We welcome Micron Technology to continue to take root in the Chinese market and achieve better development under the premise of complying with Chinese laws and regulations," Wang added.
The detente comes just months after China's cyberspace regulator said Micron had failed a network security review and barred Chinese operators of key infrastructure from buying from the largest U.S. memory chipmaker.
China's move against Micron was widely seen as retaliation for Washington's efforts to restrict Beijing's access to key technology. It came just a day after the Group of Seven (G7) rich nations agreed they would look to "de-risk, not decouple" from China, and as Washington pressured its allies to join it in restricting chip equipment exports to China.
The Wednesday meeting between Wang and Mehrotra is line with a recent thawing in tensions between Washington and Beijing, as officials from both countries work to organise a meeting between U.S. President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping later this month at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in San Francisco.