Economic Daily: Disrupting the Supply Chain: China is Not Related | Item | Supply Chain

Release time:Apr 14, 2024 03:42 AM

Recently, the Ministry of Commerce and the General Administration of Customs issued a notice, deciding to implement export controls on gallium and germanium related items from August 1st. The US Department of Commerce claims to "firmly oppose" this, while some Western media outlets vigorously exaggerate that China's measures will cause damage to global supply chain stability. China's management measures for gallium and germanium related items are reasonable and legal, and have a positive effect on maintaining global supply chain stability. The attempt by the United States and the West to label China as a destroyer of the global supply chain is actually a case of thieves shouting and catching thieves.

Gallium is mostly used in the semiconductor and solar cell industries, while germanium is widely used in fields such as fiber optic communication, infrared optics, solar cells, and nuclear physics detection. Implementing export controls on gallium and germanium related items is an international practice, and major countries around the world generally implement controls on them. Faced with the increasingly complex international situation, the Chinese government implements export controls on gallium and germanium related items to ensure their legitimate use, with the aim of maintaining national security and better fulfilling international obligations. The relevant measures can be found in China's laws and regulations such as the Export Control Law, the Foreign Trade Law, and the Customs Law.

The United States and the West have portrayed China's reasonable and well founded actions as harmful to the world economy, concocting various baseless rumors, which inevitably raises doubts about its motives and objectives.

China has always been committed to maintaining global industrial and supply chain security and stability, and has always implemented fair, reasonable, and non discriminatory export control measures. The Chinese side's move is not to ban the export of gallium and germanium related items, but to carry out refined management of them. According to the Announcement on Implementing Export Control on Gallium and Germanium Related Items issued by the Ministry of Commerce and the General Administration of Customs, export operators should handle export licensing procedures in accordance with relevant regulations, submit end-user and end-use certificates, and provide introductions to importers and end-users. After examination and approval, the Ministry of Commerce shall issue a dual-use item and technology export license. This indicates that the Chinese side will make accurate judgments on the use of related items. As long as the use is reasonable and managed properly, there is no need to worry about restricted use and it will not affect the development of related industries.

As is well known, it is not China that causes instability in the global supply chain, but the United States and the West are the main culprits. In order to suppress and contain China's development, the United States has imposed unreasonable restrictions on China in various fields such as semiconductors, and has gathered or even coerced allied countries to jointly suppress China, seriously disrupting the stability of the global supply chain and industrial chain.

It should be pointed out that the fierce reaction of the United States and the West has objectively demonstrated that China has sufficient ability to counter external containment and suppression. Gallium, germanium, and related compounds play important roles in the global industrial system and are listed in strategic or key mineral catalogs by developed economies such as the European Union, the United States, and Japan. China is the world's largest producer of gallium and germanium, with over half of the gallium and germanium used by the United States imported from China. This fact also reminds the US that China plays an indispensable role in the global supply chain system, which has positive implications for maintaining global supply chain stability. The economies of China and the United States have deeply integrated and are closely connected. Any attempt to contain and suppress China is a harm to the global supply chain, destined to fail and will inevitably backfire on itself.

Two women were stabbed to death and reported to have committed a crime 4 days before the follow-up visit for schizophrenia. Suspect of a bloody murder case in a Hong Kong shopping mall appeared in court today. Male | Last Friday | Murder case
Two women were stabbed to death and reported to have committed a crime 4 days before the follow-up visit for schizophrenia. Suspect of a bloody murder case in a Hong Kong shopping mall appeared in court today. Male | Last Friday | Murder case

According to Hong Kong's Wen Wei Po, a bloody knife stabbing case occurred at Hollywood Square in Diamond Hill last Friday. The police arrested a 39 year old man on suspicion of stabbing two young women, one of whom was stabbed over 30 times. The suspect appeared in the Kwun Tong Magistrates Court this morning. The police at the Kwun Tong Magistrate's Court temporarily charged the suspect with two counts of murder last Sunday. The suspect appeared in court this morning at the Kwun Tong Magistrate's Court. Acting Chief Magistrate Zheng Jihang, after listening to the opinions of both the prosecution and defense, decided to postpone the hearing for two weeks until 9:30 am on June 19th, waiting for two psychiatric expert reports to be obtained. The defense did not object. Zheng Jihang approved the application, and the defendant needs to be temporarily detained at Xiaolan Mental Hospital. When the suspect appeared in court, he wore black framed glasses, a light gray shirt, and camouflage green shorts, and was able to answer the judge's questions normally. accordingly

Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee: The focus of Henan's "summer harvest" has shifted to agricultural machinery in the northern region of Henan Province. | Support | Science | Organization | Province | Northern Henan | Summer Harvest | Rush Harvest
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Currently, the highly anticipated summer harvest work in Henan has shifted its focus to the northern region of Henan. According to the Henan Daily client, on June 4th, Lou Yangsheng, Secretary of the Henan Provincial Party Committee, presided over a special video scheduling meeting on the "Three Summers" work in the province, listened to the situation report, analyzed and judged the situation, and arranged and deployed the next steps of work. Governor Wang Kai made specific arrangements. On the evening of May 31, 2023, in Xiafutou Village, Xuliang Town, Boai County, Jiaozuo, Henan Province, villagers braved light rain in the wheat fields to harvest wheat. Visual China Map Lou Yangsheng pointed out that the current summer harvest battle in the province has entered the decisive stage. Doing a good job in summer harvest in northern Henan Province is related to the summer grain yield and seed safety. We should focus on seizing opportunities and make every effort to organize the wheat harvesting work in the northern Henan region, minimize losses, and protect the interests of farmers to the greatest extent possible. Accurate forecasting is essential

Xinhua All Media+| Welcome home! What innovative technologies are protecting the return journey of Shenzhou 15? Spaceship | Shenzhou | Technology
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On June 4th, the return capsule of the Shenzhou-15 manned spacecraft successfully landed at the Dongfeng landing site. Astronauts Fei Junlong, Deng Qingming, and Zhang Lu all safely and smoothly exited the spacecraft, and the Shenzhou-15 manned flight mission was a complete success. What innovative technologies are there to safeguard the return journey of Shenzhou 15 in this mission? On June 4th, the return capsule of the Shenzhou-15 manned spacecraft successfully landed at the Dongfeng landing site. Xinhua News Agency reporter Lian Zhen photographed that "the sky and the ground" ensure the high-precision return of spacecraft. For the Shenzhou series spacecraft, the return and re-entry GNC technology is directly related to the life safety of astronauts. Taking the success of this return mission as a symbol, China has comprehensively upgraded its GNC system since the Shenzhou-12 manned spacecraft, which features autonomous rapid rendezvous and docking, autonomous adaptive prediction and re-entry return guidance, and has completed a comprehensive update and replacement

The Chinese naval fleet has arrived! Assembly | Navy | Chinese Fleet
The Chinese naval fleet has arrived! Assembly | Navy | Chinese Fleet

At noon today, a Chinese naval fleet consisting of Zhanjiang and Xuchang ships arrived at the assembly area of the "Comodo-2023" multinational maritime joint exercise. It is understood that the assembly anchorage for this exercise is 3 nautical miles long and 1.5 nautical miles wide, capable of anchoring up to 50 ships. Naval vessels from various countries participating in the exercise will also arrive at the anchorage today to complete the assembly of the "Komodo 2023" multinational maritime joint exercise, which is held every two years by the Indonesian Navy. This year is already the fourth edition of the exercise. The exercise will be held from June 5th to 8th in the city of Jakarta, South Sulawesi Province, Indonesia, including the port and sea phases. In the coming days, participating navies from various countries will participate in ship reading style search and rescue exercises, maritime interception and damage management exercises, aerial exercises, and other course objectives exercises

New comment: Donkey like "morale" limit pulls US debt "bomb" fuse hard to dismantle US | debt | morale
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On the evening of June 1st, the US Senate passed a bill on the federal government's debt ceiling and budget, and the flame of the US debt bomb was temporarily extinguished at the last moment. The two parties in the United States have staged an extreme tug of war over the US debt bomb. Some experts believe that the US debt crisis is the result of the reckless politics promoted by the US dollar hegemony, and the underlying cause of this crisis is the highly polarized political system of the US. Since the end of World War II, the US Congress has adjusted the debt ceiling more than a hundred times. The recurring debt crisis will not only have a catastrophic impact on the US economy and people's livelihoods, but also continuously erode the value of US dollar assets such as government credit and US bonds, bringing significant and far-reaching impacts to the global economic landscape. 【