The Chinese Communist Party's official Newspaper global times condemns what the US calls the "Uyghur forced labor prevention act" saying the move is aimed at attacking China.

The move "has put more companies like US chip giant Intel in hot water and ignited the rage of 1.4 billion Chinese people," the global times wrote.

The "Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act," signed by US President Joe Biden on Thursday, prohibits the sale of products created in China's Xinjiang region, alleging "oppression" of the Uygur and other minority populations.

China is adamantly opposed to the signing of the so-called Act and will respond further as the situation develops, as per the Chinese Foreign Ministry.

"This act maliciously denigrates the human rights situation in China's Xinjiang in disregard of facts and truth. It seriously violates international law and basic norms governing international relations and grossly interferes in China's internal affairs. China deplores and firmly rejects it," China's Foreign Ministry spokesperson said in a statement on Friday. 

China will take stern and forceful actions if the US continues to act arbitrarily, according to the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Chinese National People's Congress, which released a statement on Friday.

The law, which was pushed by some anti-China hawks in the US Congress, was unanimously enacted in the US House and Senate in early December. The new rule establishes a "rebuttable presumption" that all items produced in Xinjiang, whether partially or entirely, are "tainted by forced labor." 

It also requires businesses to show that imports from the region are not created with forced labor through "clear and compelling proof."

The bill has sparked a debate within the United States, as it raises the cost of trade for particular US companies and has a wider impact on the global industrial chain, the global times wrote.