A confident, yet realistic statement. Not quick to declare victory when the work is not yet finish. This is the kinda statement that comes from people who knows what they are doing. Hence, I'm confident that China will eventually catch-up with the West in semi-conductors and software sooner than most people expects.A chip company representative told the Global Times at the WAIC that China's gap with global chip giants is narrowing, with some products even displaying better performance. But in terms of software operating systems, Chinese companies still need time to catch up with foreign peers.
The West fails to understand that bans and restrictions don't work on China. It could work on spineless nations like Japan, Germany, Canada, etc. But bans don't work on China.
1) The PRC has been banned from the UN for 22 years. Eventually it got it's much deserved UN seat.
2) China was banned from further nuclear weapons development cooperation with the Soviet Union. Yet China managed to detonate its own hydrogen bomb in 1967.
3) China had been banned from importing arms from the Soviets and West. Yet China has built a military that is among the most modern in the world.
4) China was banned from the International Space Station. Yet China is gonna complete its own space station soon.
5) President Trump launched his trade war on China. Yet he and the US ultimately lost.
Let the arrogant haters doubt China's ability to catch up. They have been proven wrong on China many times. They will be proven wrong yet again.