MOFCOM & GACC Announcement No. 70 of 2025: decision suspending Announcements Nos. 55, 56, 57, 58, 61 and 62 of 2025 (to 10 November 2026)

Implementing the China–US Kuala Lumpur trade-consultation arrangement after the Busan leaders' meeting, MOFCOM and GACC suspended the whole 9 October 2025 control package — Announcements No. 55 (superhard materials), No. 56 (rare-earth equipment and feedstock), No. 57 (five additional heavy rare earths), No. 58 (lithium batteries and artificial-graphite anode materials), No. 61 (extraterritorial rare-earth items) and No. 62 (rare-earth technology) — effective immediately (自即日起) through 10 November 2026. The 4 April 2025 controls on the original seven elements (Announcement No. 18) were not suspended and remain in force.

Confirms that the October escalation functioned as negotiating leverage that could be switched off — but the suspension is time-bound and reversible, not a repeal, and leaves the April baseline intact. The suspension instrument itself states no rationale (only 经批准); the reciprocity logic appears in the spokesperson Q&A on the Kuala Lumpur arrangement, which pairs China's suspension with the US pausing its 50% penetration rule.