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商务部公告2026年第33号

Announcement opening a foreign-trade national-security investigation concerning certain imported printing and copying office equipment Unofficial translation

公布对相关进口打印复印办公设备发起对外贸易国家安全立案调查

Issuer
Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) 中华人民共和国商务部
Document type
announcement
Published
2026-08-05
Effective
2026-08-05 (自公布之日起实施)
Source
https://www.mofcom.gov.cn/zwgk/zcfb/art/2026/art_0e46c09f491a4881bae53c168c365361.html ↗
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Operational tool

  • Foreign-Trade National-Security Investigation 对外贸易国家安全调查 — Investigation opened

    Stated basis: Preliminary information indicated that imported printing and copying office equipment installed with foreign system software might affect national-security interests in foreign trade and met the circumstances stated in Article 41 of the Foreign Trade Law. Unofficial translation

    原文Chinese source text初步信息显示，装有外国系统软件的进口打印复印办公设备可能影响对外贸易中的国家安全利益，符合《中华人民共和国对外贸易法》第四十一条规定的情形。

    The investigation concerns imported office equipment with printing and copying functions that is installed with foreign system software. Foreign system software means driver software and embedded software developed, tested or maintained by a foreign person or entity. Unofficial translation

    原文Chinese source text本次调查对象为装有外国系统软件的具有打印、复印功能的进口办公设备。外国系统软件是指由外国个人或实体开发、测试或维护的驱动软件和嵌入式软件。

    Effect: MOFCOM decided to investigate matters concerning national-security interests in foreign trade from 5 August 2026. Unofficial translation

    原文Chinese source text商务部决定自2026年8月5日起就对外贸易中有关国家安全利益的事项进行调查。

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Stated grounds

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Ground stated in the operative document

Possible effect on national-security interests in foreign trade

Preliminary information indicated that imported printing and copying office equipment installed with foreign system software might affect national-security interests in foreign trade and met the circumstances stated in Article 41 of the Foreign Trade Law. Unofficial translation

原文Chinese source text初步信息显示，装有外国系统软件的进口打印复印办公设备可能影响对外贸易中的国家安全利益，符合《中华人民共和国对外贸易法》第四十一条规定的情形。

Officially stated external trigger

Response to foreign restrictive measures affecting Chinese parties

The spokesperson said that, since the China-US leaders' meeting in Busan, the US Federal Communications Commission had disregarded strong opposition from China and calls from industries in both countries, continued to broaden the concept of national security, repeatedly adopted restrictive measures concerning China in telecommunications operations, testing laboratories, drones, consumer routers and undersea cables, and recently imposed import restrictions concerning advanced robotic equipment and power inverters. Unofficial translation

原文Chinese source text中美元首釜山会晤以来，美国联邦通信委员会罔顾中方强烈反对和中美两国业界强烈呼声，持续泛化国家安全概念，一而再、再而三出台涉华限制性措施，涉及电信运营、检测实验室、无人机、消费级路由器、海底光缆等多个领域，近日又采取先进机器人设备、电力逆变器进口限制措施。

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  1. [1] Doc 商务部公告2026年第33号 2026-08-05 official ↗
  2. [2] Doc 商务部新闻发言人答记者问（2026年8月5日） 2026-08-05 official ↗
  3. [3] Doc 商务部新闻发言人答记者问（2026年8月5日） 2026-08-05 official ↗