The Ministry of Commerce responds to the Tiktok issue: will never seek to reach any agreement at the expense of sacrificing principles, corporate interests, and international fairness and justice.

On September 18th, the Ministry of Commerce held a routine press conference. The spokesperson for the Ministry of Commerce, He Yadong, stated that China's position on the TikTok issue has always been consistent. China opposes politicizing, weaponizing, or instrumentalizing technology and economic issues, and will never seek any agreement at the expense of sacrificing principles, business interests, and international fairness and justice. At the same time, the Chinese government fully respects the will of enterprises and supports them in conducting equal business negotiations based on market principles. The Chinese government will approve the technology exports and intellectual property rights related to TikTok in accordance with the law, and hopes that the US will provide an open, fair, just, and non-discriminatory business environment for Chinese companies, including TikTok, to operate continuously in the US, in line with the consensus reached by both parties, to promote stable, healthy, and sustainable development of Sino-US economic and trade relations. Thank you.