Chen Binhua, a spokesperson of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, attends a press conference on May14, 2025. Photo: Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council

In response to media inquiry on that the so-called "mainland affairs council" in the Taiwan island claimed that the mainland's move to include eight Taiwan entities in the export control list is to "weaponize" trade, Chen Binhua, a spokesperson of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, said on Wednesday the facts that the eight Taiwan entities deliberately cooperated with the "Taiwan independence" separatist forces to "seek independence by force" are clear and the evidence is conclusive. Putting them on the export control list is a necessary measure to defend national sovereignty and territorial integrity and maintain peace and stability in the Taiwan Straits, said Chen. 

Who is the one seeking "independence" and provoking, undermining the peace and stability of the Taiwan Straits? Who is violating the mainstream public opinion of Taiwan society and obstructing and restricting cross-Straits exchanges and cooperation? Who is obeying the US blindly and selling Taiwan and engaging in decoupling to damage cross-Straits economic and trade cooperation? The compatriots on both sides of the Straits see it very clearly, and the DPP authorities cannot deny it, said Chen. 

Putting the eight Taiwan entities on the export control list is a necessary measure to defend national sovereignty and territorial integrity and maintain peace and stability in the Taiwan Straits, said Chen.

It is a just action to maintain the normal order of cross-Straits economic and trade exchanges and cooperation and the interests and well-being of compatriots on both sides of the Straits. It is reasonable, legal, legitimate and necessary, said Chen.

Global Times