US Department of Commerce issues final rules on semiconductor export control to China, and China responds.

　　CCTV News:According to the website of the Ministry of Commerce, on October 18th, a spokesman of the Ministry of Commerce answered a reporter’s question on the final rules for the export control of semiconductors to China issued by the US Department of Commerce.

　　A reporter asked: Recently, the US Department of Commerce announced the final rules for the export control of semiconductors to China. What is China’s response to this?

　　A: China has noticed that on October 17th, the United States issued the final rules on semiconductor export control to China. On the basis of the provisional rules issued on October 7 last year, the final rules further tightened the export restrictions on artificial intelligence-related chips and semiconductor manufacturing equipment to China, and added a number of China entities to the "list of entities" for export control. The United States continues to generalize the concept of national security, abuse export control measures and implement unilateral bullying. China is strongly dissatisfied with this and resolutely opposes it.

　　The semiconductor industry is highly globalized, and improper control by the United States has seriously hindered the normal economic and trade exchanges between chip and chip equipment, materials and parts enterprises in various countries, seriously undermined market rules and international economic and trade order, and seriously threatened the stability of the global industrial chain supply chain. American semiconductor enterprises have suffered huge losses, and semiconductor enterprises in other countries have also been affected.

　　The United States should lift the export control of semiconductors to China as soon as possible, create a fair, just and predictable business environment for enterprises from all countries, including China enterprises, and work with all parties to build a safe, stable, smooth, efficient, open, inclusive and mutually beneficial global industrial chain supply chain system. China will take all necessary measures to resolutely safeguard its legitimate rights and interests.