The United States will further prevent Japan, South Korea, and the Netherlands from exporting semiconductors and manufacturing equipment to China. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian presided over the regular press conference on July 31. According to Reuters, citing sources, the Biden administration plans to announce a new regulation next month that will further prevent countries such as Japan, the Netherlands, and South Korea from exporting semiconductors and manufacturing equipment to Chinese chip manufacturers. What is China's comment on this? Lin Jian stated that China has repeatedly expressed its firm stance on China's semiconductor industry. The US politicizes, securitizes, and instrumentalizes economic, trade, and technological issues, continuously increases its control over chip exports to China, coerces other countries to suppress China's semiconductor industry, seriously undermines international trade rules, damages the stability of the global industrial chain, and is detrimental to any party. China has always been firmly opposed to this. Containing and suppressing will not stop China's development, but will only enhance China's determination and ability to be independent and self reliant in science and technology. China will closely monitor relevant developments and resolutely safeguard its legitimate rights and interests. We hope that relevant countries will resolutely resist coercion, jointly maintain a fair and open international economic and trade order, and truly safeguard their own long-term interests.