China bans major chip maker Micron from key infrastructure projects

China says products made by US representation spot elephantine Micron Technology are a nationalist information risk.

The country's cyberspace regulator announced connected Sunday that America's biggest shaper of representation chips poses "serious web information risks".

It means the firm's products volition beryllium banned from cardinal infrastructure projects successful the world's 2nd largest economy.

It is China's archetypal large determination against a US spot maker, arsenic tensions summation betwixt Beijing and Washington.

"The reappraisal recovered that Micron's products person superior web information risks, which airs important information risks to China's captious accusation infrastructure proviso chain, affecting China's nationalist security," the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) said successful a statement.

The CAC did not springiness details of the risks it said it had recovered oregon successful which Micron products it had recovered them.

A Micron spokesperson confirmed to the BBC that the institution had "received the CAC's announcement pursuing its reappraisal of Micron products sold successful China".

"We are evaluating the decision and assessing our adjacent steps. We look guardant to continuing to prosecute successful discussions with Chinese authorities," they added.

In response, the US authorities said it would enactment with allies to code what it called "distortions of the representation spot marketplace caused by China's actions".

"We firmly reason restrictions that person nary ground successful fact," a US Commerce Department spokesperson said.

"This action, on with caller raids and targeting of different American firms, is inconsistent with [China's] assertions that it is opening its markets and committed to a transparent regulatory framework," it added.

The announcement from the CAC is the latest improvement successful an ongoing quality betwixt Washington and Beijing, which has seen the US enforce a fig of measures against China's spot making industry.

The CAC's announcement besides came a time aft a G7 leaders gathering successful Japan issued a joint connection which criticised China, including its usage of "economic coercion".

On Sunday, US President Joe Biden said G7 nations were looking to "de-risk and diversify our narration with China."

"That means taking steps to diversify our proviso chains," helium added.

Micron main enforcement Sanjay Mehrotra attended the acme successful Hiroshima arsenic portion of a radical of concern leaders.

Last week, the institution said it would put astir 500bn yen ($3.6bn; £2.9bn) to make exertion successful Japan.