China orders domestic entities not to comply with U.S. sanctions on five Chinese petrochemical companies

Which companies are covered by China's order?

Reports name five Chinese petrochemical companies: Hengli Petrochemical (Dalian) Refinery, Shouguang Luqing Petrochemical, Shandong Jincheng Petrochemical Group, Hebei Xinhai Chemical Group and Shandong Shengxing Chemical guancha.cn,Terra,Коммерсант.….

What U.S. sanctions is China trying to block domestically?

China said the U.S. measures include adding the firms to the Specially Designated Nationals list, freezing assets and banning or restricting transactions and dealings with them guancha.cn,中時新聞網,SAPO.

Why does China say it issued this order?

The Commerce Ministry said the U.S. sanctions amount to improper extraterritorial application of foreign measures, restrict Chinese firms' normal business with third countries, and were blocked to protect China's sovereignty, security, development interests and the lawful rights of Chinese entities guancha.cn,Al Jazeera Online,中時新聞網.