Beijing denounced US chip export controls as a threat to global semiconductor supply chains and fair competition.

Beijing has condemned US efforts to curb Chinese access to advanced semiconductor chips and manufacturing equipment, warning that such restrictions would cause "arbitrary disruption and damage" to global supply chains.

The statement follows reports that three export control bills—the AI Overwatch Act, the Match Act, and the Chip Security Act—will be incorporated into the National Defence Authorisation Act (NDAA) in the US Senate, marking a significant escalation in technology competition between the two countries.

Liu Chang, spokesperson for the Chinese embassy in Washington, stated that Beijing "firmly reject[s] inserting negative content about China into the draft legislation." He noted that global supply chains "come into shape as a result of both the law of the market and the choices of businesses."

"Arbitrary disruption and damage to the global industrial and supply chains serves no one's interest and to do so will receive no support," Liu said. He called on the US to "stop politicising, weaponising and ideologising economic, trade and sci-tech issues, stop blocking and hobbling Chinese companies, respect the law of the market economy and free trade rules, and defend the security and stability of global industrial and supply chains."