The action would “severely damage the interests of Chinese and Japanese companies and the economic and trade cooperation between the two countries, disrupt the global semiconductor industry landscape, and impact supply chain security and stability”, it said.
It urged Japan to “correct the wrong practices”, adding that China reserved the right to defend its legitimate interests.
Visitors at the Semicon Japan exhibition in Tokyo in December 2022. Photo: Bloomberg
China faces escalating chip-related trade restrictions after the US, Japan and the Netherlands reportedly reached an agreement in January to limit the export of some advanced chip-making equipment to China, a move that would hinder Beijing’s ambitions to shore up domestic semiconductor manufacturing.
In a move seen as a retaliation against tightened US chip exports, China on Sunday imposed a partial domestic ban on the sale of products from American memory chip giant Micron Technology, claiming that they posed a national security risk.
The US Commerce Department rebutted Beijing’s move, saying it “firmly opposes restrictions that have no basis in fact”.
