Source: Securities Times.

On December 3, the Ministry of Commerce issued a notice on strengthening the export control of relevant dual-use items to the United States, which will be officially implemented from the date of publication.

The announcement stated that in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Export Control Law of the People's Republic of China and other laws and regulations, in order to safeguard national security and interests, fulfill international obligations for non-proliferation, it has been decided to strengthen the export control of relevant dual-use items to the United States. The relevant matters are hereby announced:

1. Prohibit the export of dual-use items to U.S. military users or military purposes.

2. In principle, no permit will be granted for the export of gallium, germanium, antimony, superhard materials related dual-use items to the United States; for graphite-related dual-use items exported to the United States, stricter end-user and end-use reviews will be implemented.

Any organization or individual from any country or region violating the above provisions by transferring or providing relevant dual-use items originating from the People's Republic of China to organizations and individuals in the United States will be held legally accountable.

A spokesperson for the Ministry of Commerce stated that in recent years, the U.S. has broadened the concept of national security, politicized and weaponized economic and technological issues, abused export control measures, unjustifiably restricted the export of relevant products to China, and included multiple Chinese companies on sanctions lists to suppress and restrain, severely disrupting international trade rules, seriously harming the legitimate rights and interests of enterprises, and seriously disrupting the stability of the global industry chain and supply chain.

In order to safeguard national security and interests, fulfill international obligations for non-proliferation, China has decided to strengthen the export control of relevant dual-use items to the United States in accordance with the Export Control Law of the People's Republic of China and other legal provisions, including prohibiting the export of dual-use items to U.S. military users or military purposes, strict control over gallium, germanium, antimony, superhard materials, and graphite-related dual-use items exported to the United States. Any organization or individual from any country or region violating the relevant provisions will be held legally responsible.

The Chinese government is steadfastly promoting high-level opening up to the outside world and resolutely opposes any erroneous generalization of the concept of national security. China is willing to strengthen dialogue in the field of export control with relevant countries and regions to jointly promote the security and stability of the global industry chain and supply chain.

The day before, the Ministry of Commerce answered questions from reporters regarding the United States' issuance of semiconductor export control measures.

The Ministry of Commerce stated that China has noticed the US's semiconductor export control measures issued on December 2. These measures further tighten the export control of semiconductor manufacturing equipment, storage chips, and other items to China, adding 136 Chinese entities to the export control entity list, expanding extraterritorial jurisdiction, interfering with China's trade with third countries, and are typical economic coercion and non-market practices. The US is being hypocritical by constantly broadening the concept of national security, abusing export control measures, and engaging in unilateral bullying. China strongly opposes this. The semiconductor industry is highly globalized, and the US's abuse of control measures significantly hinders normal economic and trade exchanges among countries, seriously disrupts market rules and the international trade order, and poses a serious threat to the stability of the global industry chain and supply chain. The global semiconductor industry, including American companies, is severely affected. China will take necessary measures to firmly defend its legitimate rights and interests.

Furthermore, on December 3, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Lin Jian stated during a routine press conference that China has made solemn representations to the US regarding its repeated updates on semiconductor export control rules, sanctions against Chinese companies, and malicious suppression of China's technological progress. I want to reiterate that China consistently opposes the US's generalization of the national security concept, abuse of export control measures, and the arbitrary sanctions and extraterritorial jurisdiction imposed on Chinese companies. These actions seriously disrupt the international economic and trade order, disrupt global production and supply chain stability, and harm the interests of all countries. China urges the US to respect market economic laws and the principles of fair competition, and will take necessary measures to firmly safeguard its own security and development interests.

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