The US Department of Defense recently added Alibaba, Baidu, and BYD to the list of companies assisting the Chinese military. In response, China’s Ministry of Commerce criticized the US on the 13th for ignoring the consensus reached at the Xi-Biden summit, urging the US to immediately revoke these measures, or else China would firmly counteract.
On the 13th, the Chinese Ministry of Commerce issued a statement in response to reporters’ questions on its website, saying it has taken note of this situation, and that “China is strongly dissatisfied and firmly opposes it.”
The Ministry of Commerce spokesperson stated, “The US disregards the consensus reached between the two heads of state during the Beijing summit and turns a blind eye to the overall situation of China-US economic and trade relations.” By continuously broadening the national security concept and abusing national power to unjustly suppress Chinese companies, the US is seriously undermining the international economic and trade order, gravely endangering the stability of global production and supply chains, and severely harming the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese enterprises.
The spokesperson said that China urges the US to immediately stop its erroneous practices, immediately revoke the relevant measures, and return to the correct track of building a constructive and stable China-US strategic relationship, and to provide Chinese enterprises with fair, just, and non-discriminatory treatment. “Otherwise, China will resolutely and forcefully counteract, and the US will bear full responsibility for all consequences arising from this.”
On June 8, the US Department of Defense released a new “1260H” list, naming business entities associated with the Chinese military, including well-known large enterprises such as Alibaba, BYD, Baidu, WuXi AppTec, and BOE Technology. In total, 188 Chinese entities were included. WuXi AppTec has already filed a lawsuit against the US Department of Defense.