The British government said on Thursday (August 10) that it is necessary to imitate Washington to limit investment in China's sensitive technology industry.

According to Reuters, US President Biden Biden signed an administrative order on Wednesday (9th) to authorize the US Treasury Secretary to ban or restrict the US entity in Chinese entities in semiconductors and microelectronics, quantum information technology, and specific artificial artificial artificial artificially.Investment in the three areas of intelligence (AI) systems.

In response, a spokesman for British Prime Minister Sonak said that the administrative order clarified how the United States dealt with investment in China's sensitive technology.Britain brings national security risks.

The Financial Times reported that before deciding whether to imitate the United States, the Sunak government was still soliciting opinions from enterprises and financial industries.

Official data shows that China is not the main destination of Britain's foreign investment.As of the end of 2021, Britain invested 10.7 billion pounds (about S $ 18.3 billion) in mainland China, while the United States was 461.4 billion pounds.Britain's investment in Hong Kong is 77.6 billion pounds.