A logo of Nexperia Photo: VCG

As a Dutch court on Wednesday local time ordered a formal investigation into so-called mismanagement of Nexperia, China's Foreign Ministry's spokesperson Lin Jian told a press conference on Thursday that the competent authorities have stated our position on the Nexperia issue on multiple occasions, noting that the root cause of the Nexperia issue is the improper administrative intervention of the Dutch side in the operations of businesses.

The Dutch side needs to create enabling conditions for companies to resolve internal disputes as soon as possible and for keeping global semiconductor supply chains stable and unimpeded, Lin said, noting that China will continue supporting Chinese companies in safeguarding their legitimate and lawful rights and interests.

According to Reuters, the Amsterdam Enterprise Chamber said on Wednesday that during the probe - expected to take months - emergency measures imposed in October that include the suspension of former CEO and Wingtech founder Zhang Xuezheng and the temporary transfer of shareholder voting rights to a Dutch court-appointed administrator, will remain in place. 

In response, Wingtech said in a statement on WeChat account on Thursday that the company expresses profound disappointment and strong dissatisfaction with this ruling, noting that it is a self-contradictory and logically flawed ruling.

"The Chamber, while acknowledging that the relevant matters are still subject to investigation, continues to uphold the interim measures based on one-sided and false information; while recognizing the need to expand the scope of the investigation to the current management, it condones the same interim management to remain in control of the company, essentially allowing them to continue their acts of undermining the company's operations, carving up core assets and jeopardizing the stability of the global supply chain," the company said.

In the statement, the company said it has noted that the ruling of the Enterprise Chamber has expanded the scope of the investigation to the current interim management of Nexperia and confirmed multiple claims of the Company in the disputed matters, urging the Enterprise Chamber to conduct a full and fair investigation into this case, carry out a thorough investigation into a series of illegal acts of the current management of Nexperia, restore the truth, and hold the relevant personnel accountable.

The company will continue to resolutely strive for the full restoration of all its legitimate controlling and governance rights over Nexperia through all legal means. This is the only correct way to end the current chaos and bring Nexperia and the semiconductor industrial chain back to a healthy development track, it said. 

Jian Junbo, director of the Center for China-Europe Relations at Fudan University's Institute of International Studies, told the Global Times on Thursday that the Dutch court's action will prolong the uncertainty surrounding the case without addressing the root cause of the issue. 

Reuters said in its Thursday report that the Nexperia issue "has disrupted global supplies of basic chips to the car industry." Bloomberg described it as "a legal dispute that wrested control away from Chinese owner Wingtech Technology Co and triggered supply disruptions across industries."

"The root cause of the chaos lies with the Dutch side. It constitutes political interference in market relations, inflicting economic losses on the company, disrupting supply chains, and exacerbating the global semiconductor shortage," Jian noted.

To genuinely resolve this matter, the Dutch side should fully and immediately lift all preemptive measures and refrain from using political means to impose coercive interventions — this approach fundamentally contravenes WTO rules and disrupts the global economic order, the expert said.

According to Bloomberg, the issue burst into the public domain in October 2025 when the Dutch government invoked a Cold war-era law designed to protect national security, and the Dutch court suspended Wingtech's ownership of Nexperia and ousted Wingtech's Zhang as CEO. 

In November, a spokesperson from China's Ministry of Commerce said that government officials of the two countries held two rounds of face-to-face talks in Beijing regarding the issue, noting the Dutch side had proactively proposed suspending the Dutch economy minister's order under the Goods Availability Act regarding Nexperia.

However, the suspension still falls short of addressing the root cause of the turmoil in the global semiconductor industrial and supply chain - the complete withdrawal of the administrative order, the spokesperson said, urging the Dutch side to continue to demonstrate a genuine willingness to cooperate and put forward a truly constructive solution.

"Only by restoring the situation to its pre-incident state can the fundamental interests of both parties be safeguarded, achieving a mutually beneficial and win-win outcome," Jian said.