The ministry stressed that these US entities "aided and abetted the United States' illegal sanctions against Xinjiang," yielding an "extremely negative impact"

The change is the single largest expansion of the list, which Washington uses to stop goods made by companies accused of human rights abuses from being imported into the U.S.

China announced on Wednesday a raft of measures in response to restrictions imposed on Chinese companies by the United States, including placing six US entities on its…