Spokesperson's Remarks｜China vows to take necessary steps to safeguard Chinese companies amid U.S. blacklisting

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said on Wednesday that China calls on the U.S. to stop overstretching the concept of national security, stop politicizing trade and sci-tech issues and using them as a weapon and a tool and stop abusing various kinds of sanction lists to hit Chinese companies. China will take necessary steps to firmly safeguard the lawful rights and interests of Chinese companies.

Guo made the remarks at a regular press conference when asked whether China would respond to the U.S. placing dozens of Chinese entities on the U.S. Department of Commerce's export restriction list.

Guo pointed out that the U.S. action is an abuse of its entity list and other export controls. The U.S. falsely accuses China of "activities contrary to U.S. national security and foreign policy" and uses it as an excuse to impose illicit unilateral sanctions. This is typical hegemonism and a serious violation of international law and the basic norms governing international relations.

"The action of the U.S. harms the lawful rights and interests of businesses and destabilizes the global industrial and supply chains. We firmly oppose and strongly condemn this." Guo said. (By Ma Ziqian/China Youth Daily)