On the afternoon of September 21st, the Ministry of Commerce held a press conference to introduce the recent key work in the field of commerce and answer questions from reporters. A reporter asked, according to reports, the export data of gallium and germanium in August was zero. Since August 1st, when China began implementing export controls on gallium and germanium, have any companies applied for export licenses? Has any company obtained an export license certificate? Will this situation continue in the future? He Yadong, spokesperson for the Ministry of Commerce, said that since the official implementation of the control policy, the Ministry of Commerce has successively received license applications from enterprises for exporting gallium and germanium related items. At present, after legal and regulatory review, we have approved several export applications that comply with regulations, and the relevant enterprises have obtained export licenses for dual-use items. The Ministry of Commerce will continue to review other licensing applications in accordance with legal procedures and make licensing decisions. (New News Agency)