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【Youth Daily = Reporter Telsu】 Summarizing foreign media reports, the US Department of Commerce said on the 18th (local time), China’s largest semiconductor foundry (consignment production) SMIC (Zhongxin Guoji ) and the world’s largest drone manufacturer SZ DJI (Dajang). ) Put technology on the commercial blacklist.
Reuters said it has 77 companies and affiliates on the blacklist, of which 60 are Chinese.
◆ Self-ban measures to access US technology.
US Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross appeared on Fox Business Network and announced that SMIC (Zhongxin Guoji) and SZ DJI (Dajang) technologies were blacklisted.
The Commerce Ministry said the action against SMIC was “in accordance with China’s military-private merger policy and evidence of activity between SMIC and companies related to Chinese military industrial complexes.”
Secretary Ross said he would deny permission to prevent SMIC from accessing semiconductor production technologies below 10 nanometers (nm · 1 millionth of a millimeter), which is a high-tech level.
This means that SMIC has become a major target of the US government, like Huawei, which is already being sanctioned by the US, and is interpreted as practically blocking access to US technology.
As a result, SMIC must obtain special permission from the US Department of Commerce to import critical components from US suppliers. It is analyzed as a measure to prevent the excavation of semiconductors from China (Tupo Island) through a fundamental ban on American technology.
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The US Department of Commerce took steps in September to obtain an export license to supply certain equipment to SMIC, which is why equipment exported to SMIC is at risk of being used for military use.
Currently, the Commerce Department’s list of prohibited transactions includes more than 275 Chinese companies. Huawei and 150 affiliates, along with ZTE, have been placed on the transaction ban list for violation of sanctions, and CCTV maker Hikvision has been banned from trading because it is involved in suppressing the Uyghurs.
According to foreign reports, the list of trade bans is likely to include some companies related to the Chinese military, including those that helped build and militarize artificial islands in the South China Sea, a disputed territory, and may include companies involved in violations. of human rights.
The US Department of Defense recently classified SMIC as a company owned and controlled by the Chinese military and added it to the blacklist, restricting US investors from buying shares in these companies starting next November.
SMIC claims it has nothing to do with the Chinese military.
The Commerce Ministry also explained that DJI, a Chinese drone manufacturer, added to the list of widespread human rights violations in China through gene collection and analysis, and the abuse of advanced surveillance technology. This has the meaning of an implicit interference in human rights issues in China.
The move came a month before President Donald Trump’s retirement, Reuters said, as the latest move to solidify his legacy of hard-line policy toward China.
In a statement, Ross said in a statement: “We will not allow America’s advanced technology to help build the military might of an increasingly aggressive enemy.”
The blacklisted companies included some companies related to the Chinese military, including companies that helped build and militarize artificial islands in the South China Sea, a disputed territory, and companies involved in human rights violations.
In addition, Reuters reported that it included companies that acquired US property to support the People’s Liberation Army program and individuals and companies involved in the theft of US trade secrets.
Currently, the Commerce Department’s ban list includes more than 275 Chinese companies.
Huawei and 150 affiliates, along with ZTE, have been placed on the transaction ban list for violation of sanctions, and CCTV maker Hikvision has been banned from trading because it is involved in suppressing the Uyghurs.
Meanwhile, SMIC’s share price fell 5.2% and 1.8% in the Hong Kong and Shanghai markets, respectively, after the day’s report.
Strong opposition from China … urges stop crackdown on foreign companies
China is firmly opposed. China’s Foreign Ministry urged the United States to “stop the wrongdoing of the repression of foreign companies.”
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wen-bin said at a regular briefing on the day, emphasizing that “China will continue to take necessary measures to protect the legal rights and interests of Chinese companies.”
He also said that the US Department of Energy’s ban on the purchase of certain power system equipment from China by companies supplying power to critical defense facilities “is firmly against the crackdown on Chinese companies. “.
Wang Yi, a member of the State Council of the Chinese Foreign Officer and Foreign Minister, urged the United States to stop the “autonomous oppression” against Chinese companies in a speech at the Asia Society.
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