The spokesperson for the Ministry of Commerce answered reporters' questions regarding countermeasures against a series of negative actions related to China taken by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission and the Department of Homeland Security.

According to a news release from the Ministry of Commerce on August 5, a spokesperson for the Ministry addressed questions from reporters regarding countermeasures against a series of negative actions by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security concerning China. The spokesperson stated that the measures taken by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission and the inclusion of relevant entities on the so-called "Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act Entity List" by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security seriously violate the important consensus reached by the leaders of both countries and severely harm Chinas legitimate rights and interests, leaving China with no choice but to adopt necessary countermeasures in response. The spokesperson emphasized that China's countermeasures are generally restrained. China values the hard-won stability of Sino-U.S. economic and trade relations and hopes that the U.S. can engage in constructive dialogue. China urges the U.S. to immediately revoke the relevant measures, stop the wrongful practices, and return to the correct path of resolving differences through friendly consultation and cooperation, working together to maintain a constructive and strategically stable relationship. If the U.S. insists on implementing new restrictive measures against China, China will respond further. The original text is as follows: The spokesperson for the Ministry of Commerce addressed questions from reporters regarding countermeasures against a series of negative actions by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security concerning China. Question: Today, the Ministry of Commerce and other relevant departments announced countermeasures in response to a series of negative actions by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security concerning China. What considerations led to this decision? Since the meeting between the two heads of state in Busan, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission has disregarded Chinas strong opposition and the strong calls from the industries of both countries, continuously broadening the concept of national security and repeatedly introducing restrictive measures related to China in various fields, including telecommunications operations, testing laboratories, drones, consumer-grade routers, and submarine cables. Recently, it has also imposed restrictions on the import of advanced Siasun Robot & Automation equipment and power inverters. In particular, the U.S. has ignored Chinas multiple negotiations. After the video call between the economic and trade leaders of China and the U.S. on July 30, the U.S. added over 40 Chinese entities to the so-called "Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act Entity List" on July 31. China expresses strong dissatisfaction and resolute opposition to this. The measures taken by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission and the inclusion of relevant entities on the so-called "Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act Entity List" by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security seriously violate the important consensus reached by the leaders of both countries and severely harm Chinas legitimate rights and interests, leading China to take necessary countermeasures in response, including tightening export controls regarding drones and their key components and technologies to the U.S., suspending factory inspections carried out by U.S. accredited certification agencies at the request of China's designated institutions for mandatory product certification, placing U.S. compliance testing companies on the countermeasure list, initiating a national security investigation into the import of printing and copying office equipment, and adding six U.S. entities to the countermeasure list. I want to emphasize that Chinas countermeasures are overall restrained. China values the hard-won stability of Sino-U.S. economic and trade relations. We hope that the U.S. can work together with China in a constructive manner. China demands that the U.S. immediately revoke the relevant measures, cease the wrongful practices, and return to the correct path of resolving differences through friendly negotiation and cooperation to jointly maintain a constructive strategic stable relationship. If the U.S. insists on implementing new restrictive measures against China, China will take further countermeasures. This text is excerpted from the official website of the Ministry of Commerce, edited by Feng Qiuyi.