AsianFin -- China's Ministry of Commerce announced on Saturday that it has initiated an anti-dumping investigation into imports of certain analog IC chips originating from the United States.

In response to a media query, a spokesperson for the ministry said the U.S. government has recently overstretched the concept of national security, abused export controls and long-arm jurisdiction, and maliciously blocked and suppressed China's chip products and the artificial intelligence industry.

Such practices have seriously violated World Trade Organization (WTO) rules and damaged the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese enterprises, and China is firmly opposed to them, the spokesperson said.