Hong Kong (CNN) — Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Mao Ning said Friday that adding Chinese entities – including the two subsidiaries of BGI Genetics Corporation – to the US government’s blacklist is another example of “making excuses and going to great lengths.” suppressing Chinese companies.
“China is not satisfied and firmly opposes this. We urge the United States to respect basic facts, abandon ideological bias, and stop using pretexts to unreasonably suppress Chinese enterprises,” the spokesperson said at a regular press conference.
“The United States should provide fair, just and non-discriminatory treatment to Chinese enterprises,” Mao stressed.
“China will continue to resolutely protect the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese enterprises and support Chinese enterprises to defend their rights in accordance with the law,” the spokesperson said.
On Thursday, the US Department of Commerce announced that it had added two companies (BGI Research- BGI Tech Solutions Hong Kong) of the Chinese company BGI to the trade blacklist due to allegations of collecting genetic data for the benefit of the Chinese government.
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