China urges the United States to immediately rectify its wrongdoing and cease its unreasonable suppression of Chinese companies, a Ministry of Commerce spokesperson said on Monday.

The spokesperson made the remarks in response to a media inquiry on the US Department of Commerce's announcement of a new rule that expands its "entity-list" export restrictions to subsidiaries at least 50 percent owned by a company on the list.

The rule is another example of the US overstretching the concept of national security and abusing export controls, the spokesperson said, adding that it will severely undermine the legitimate rights and interests of affected enterprises.

It will also seriously disrupt the international economic and trade order, and damage the security and stability of global industrial and supply chains, the spokesperson said, emphasizing that China firmly opposes the move and will take necessary measures to firmly safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese enterprises.

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Export control list 

Also on Monday, China strongly opposes Japan's move to place Chinese entities on its export control list and urges the Japanese side to immediately cease this practice, a Ministry of Commerce spokesperson said.

The spokesperson made the remarks in response to a relevant media query. Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry updated its export-control "End User List" the same day, with multiple Chinese companies added and two removed.

Lacking a factual basis, Japan has unreasonably placed the Chinese companies on the list, the spokesperson said, emphasizing that China firmly rejects the move, which will harm the interests of businesses in both countries.

China welcomed Japan's removal of the two Chinese companies from the list as it aligns with the common interests of both sides, the spokesperson said.

"We are willing to step up communication with Japan to facilitate the removal of more Chinese enterprises," the spokesperson added.