Foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying made the comments at a news briefing.

The Trump administration is poised to add China's top chipmaker SMIC and national offshore oil and gas producer CNOOC to a blacklist of alleged Chinese military companies, according to a document and sources, curbing their access to U.S. investors and escalating tensions with Beijing weeks before President-elect Joe Biden takes office.

(Reporting By Cate Cadell, Writing By Liangping Gao; Editing by Kim Coghill)