Spokesperson's Remarks｜US's suppression on China's semiconductor industry hinder development of global semiconductor industry will ultimately backfire

China has made clear its serious position more than once on the US malicious blocking and suppression of China's semiconductor industry, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said on Tuesday.

Lin made the remarks at a regular press conference in response to a question from Bloomberg about how US President Donald Trump's administration is sketching a tougher version of curbs on semiconductors and is pressuring key allies to escalate their restrictions on China's chip industry.

Lin said that the US has politicized trade and tech issues, overstretched the concept of security and used these issues as tools, stepping up chip export controls against China, and coercing other countries into going after China's semiconductor industry. Such moves hinder the development of the global semiconductor industry, and will backfire and hurt the US itself as well as others in the end. (By Ma Ziqian/China Youth Daily)