Beijing, China - April 18, 2019 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
1. China's Ministry of Commerce Spokesman Gao Feng speaking at press briefing
2. Various of reporters at press briefing
3. Reporter taking notes on notepad
4. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Gao Feng, spokesman, China's Ministry of Commerce (starting with shot 3):
"China maintains that restrictive and discriminative measures on the basis of nationality will not bring security but disrupt the global industrial chain and hinder technological applications and technological progress."
5. Reporters at press briefing
6. Cameras
7. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Gao Feng, spokesman, China's Ministry of Commerce:
"Cybersecurity is a global challenge. In the era of economic globalization, no member [of the international community] could stand aloof and concern only about itself in this regard. All members should join hands to work together to jointly meet the challenge so as to achieve its own security through common security."
8. Press briefing in progress

FILE: Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province, south China - May, 2016 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
9. Showroom of 5G research center of Huawei Technologies
10. 5G logo

FILE: Queensland, Australia - March 12, 2019 (CGTN - No access Chinese mainland)
11. Various of pedestrians

FILE: Sydney, Australia - Date Unknown (CGTN - No access Chinese mainland)
12. Sydney Opera House
13. National flag of Australia

China criticized Australia for banning it from involving in 5G projects, stressing that any country should not adopt discriminatory measures to impose restriction on Chinese products or suppliers, said Chinese Ministry of Commerce spokesman Gao Feng on Thursday in Beijing.

Recently, a number of Australian media reported that relevant Australian law mandated communication enterprises install "backdoors" for the Australian government. Google, Apple, Amazon and other technology companies have expressed serious concern about the act, saying it threatens cyber-security in Australia and other parts of the world.

While the Australian side previously claimed that the country does not want any company in its communications networks that have an obligation to any other governments. For this reason, Australia banned Huawei from the 5G telecommunications network.

Gao said, "China maintains that restrictive and discriminative measures on the basis of nationality will not bring security but disrupt the global industrial chain and hinder technological applications and technological progress."

"Cybersecurity is a global challenge. In the era of economic globalization, no member [of the international community] could stand aloof and concern only about itself in this regard. All members should join hands to work together to jointly meet the challenge so as to achieve its own security through common security," added Gao.

A week ago, Chinese Foreign Ministry also commented on this event, urging relevant countries to offer a fair, just and non-discriminatory business environment for enterprises of various countries, including those from China.