China's Ministry of Commerce to ”protect its own legitimate interests” regarding Japan's semiconductor export restrictions - Chinese media

On the 3rd, a spokesperson for the Ministry of Commerce of China answered questions from reporters about Japan's semiconductor export restrictions. The spokesperson said that the Chinese side is paying close attention to the relevant situation, and that "the semiconductor industry is highly globalized.
It is a globalized field. At some point, individual countries expanded the concept of national security and abused export control measures to impose sanctions on China's semiconductor and other industries, disrupting the global semiconductor industry chain.
"This poses a serious threat to the stability of the supply chain. China firmly opposes it," he said. "China and Japan have strong industrial complementarities in the semiconductor field and are already closely integrated.
"Japan's export control measures seriously impede normal business transactions between companies and undermine the interests of companies in both countries. We believe that Japan should take appropriate measures to prevent international trade disputes.
We must start by adhering to economic and trade regulations and the overall situation of Sino-Japanese economic and trade cooperation, maintain rational decisions, correct wrong practices, and effectively safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of enterprises from all over the world, including China and Japan, so as to promote the global semiconductor industry chain.
"We hope that the stability of the global supply chain will be maintained," he said. "China will take necessary measures to resolutely safeguard its legitimate rights and interests."