What is your wife's position in the original company?
How did the original articles of association stipulate "non-competition" and "confidentiality clause"?
Has your wife signed any relevant contracts (agreements) involving "confidentiality clauses" and "non-competition" with the original company?
If yes, the company has fulfilled the relevant obligations, then the company has the right to ask your wife to compensate for the losses according to law.
Article 149 of the Company Law stipulates that directors and senior management personnel shall not commit the following acts ..... (8) Other acts that violate the duty of loyalty to the company.
The income of directors and senior managers who violate the provisions of the preceding paragraph shall be owned by the company.
Article 23 of the Labor Contract Law: The employer and the employee may agree in the labor contract to keep the employer's business secrets and confidential matters related to intellectual property rights.
For the workers who have the obligation of confidentiality, the employer may stipulate the non-competition clause with the workers in the labor contract or confidentiality agreement, and stipulate that after the labor contract is dissolved or terminated, the economic compensation will be paid to the workers on a monthly basis during the non-competition period. If the laborer violates the non-competition agreement, he shall pay liquidated damages to the employer in accordance with the agreement.
Twenty-fourth persons with non-competition restrictions are limited to the senior managers, senior technicians and other personnel with confidentiality obligations of the employing unit. The scope, area and time limit of non-competition shall be agreed by the employer and the employee, and the agreement on non-competition shall not violate the provisions of laws and regulations.
After the dissolution or termination of the labor contract, if the personnel specified in the preceding paragraph go to other employers that have a competitive relationship with their own units to produce or operate similar products or engage in similar businesses, or start their own businesses to produce or operate similar products or engage in similar businesses, the non-competition period shall not exceed two years.
Article 25 Except under the circumstances stipulated in Articles 22 and 23 of this Law, the employing unit shall not agree with the laborer that the laborer shall bear the liquidated damages.