Spokesperson of the Ministry of Commerce: The Chinese side has noted the relevant situation. Since March 2024, China and the United States have conducted several rounds of communication on the US investigation into China's maritime, logistics and shipbuilding industries. The Chinese side has repeatedly stated its views on the 301 investigation and provided China's position non-paper, demanding that the US return to rationality and objectivity and stop blaming China for the development of domesti...
On February 22, the spokesperson of the Ministry of Commerce answered a reporter's question on the release of the "America First" investment policy memorandum by the United States: China has noticed the relevant situation. The US approach generalizes the concept of national security and is discriminatory. It is a typical non-market approach, which seriously affects the normal economic and trade cooperation between enterprises of the two countries. China urges the US to abide by international inv...
On February 20th, on the afternoon of February 20th, the Ministry of Commerce held a regular press conference. Reporter: US President Trump signed a memorandum on the 13th, requiring relevant departments to determine "reciprocal tariffs" with each foreign trading partner. What is the spokesperson's comment on this, and is China ready to respond? He Yadong, a spokesperson for the Ministry of Commerce, said that China has noticed that the US has recently announced that it has implemented so-called...
The Ministry of Commerce and the General Administration of Customs implement export controls on items related to tungsten, tellurium, bismuth, molybdenum, and indium.
On February 4th, Q: On February 4th, the Ministry of Commerce and the General Administration of Customs jointly issued an announcement on export control of tungsten and other items. What are the considerations for China's introduction of export control policies this time? A: On February 4th, the Ministry of Commerce of China, together with the General Administration of Customs, issued an announcement on the implementation of export control on tungsten and other related items, and imposed export ...
On February 4, a spokesperson for the Ministry of Commerce said that on February 1, the United States announced a 10% tariff on relevant Chinese products. In order to defend its legitimate rights and interests, China has appealed the US taxation measures to the WTO dispute settlement mechanism. The US has imposed tariffs on Chinese imports to the US, which seriously violates WTO rules and is of a bad nature. It is a typical unilateralism and trade protectionism. The US move seriously undermines ...
On January 31st, the spokesperson of the Ministry of Commerce: At present, the relevant measures of the Japanese side are soliciting opinions from the public. We hope that the Japanese side will listen to the rational voice of the industry, proceed from safeguarding international economic and trade rules and the overall situation of China-Japan economic and trade cooperation, correct relevant practices in a timely manner, avoid relevant measures hindering the healthy development of China-Japan e...
On January 27th, the general offices of the Ministry of Commerce and other six departments issued a notice on doing a good job in the "renewal" of home improvement kitchens and bathrooms in 2025. The notice proposes that all localities should focus on green, intelligent, and suitable for the elderly. The subsidy categories are mainly five categories of decoration materials, sanitary ware, furniture lighting, smart home, and home senior-friendly transformation products. The specific categories wi...
On January 27th, in 2024, our country's service trade achieved rapid growth, and the scale reached a new record high. The total value of service imports and exports for the year was 7.5238 trillion yuan, an increase of 14.4% year-on-year. Among them, exports 3.17556 trillion yuan, an increase of 18.2%; imports 4.34824 trillion yuan, an increase of 11.8%; service trade deficit 1.17268 trillion yuan, a decrease of 31.43 billion yuan over the previous year.
On January 27, the head of the Department of Service and Trade of the Ministry of Commerce said that since 2024, travel services have continued to maintain rapid growth. The annual import and export reached 2.05115 trillion yuan, an increase of 38.1%, making it the largest area of service trade. Among them, exports increased by 156.8% and imports increased by 29.3%.
On January 22, the People's Bank of China, the Ministry of Commerce, the State Administration of Financial Supervision, the China Securities Supervision Commission and the State Administration of Foreign Exchange jointly issued opinions to align international high standards and promote institutional opening up in the pilot free trade zone (Hong Kong) where conditions permit. Among them, it is proposed to support the development of cross-border digital identity authentication and electronic ident...
January 21st, January 20th to 21st, the National Foreign Investment Cooperation and Foreign Aid Implementation Work Conference was held in Beijing. Vice Minister of Commerce and Deputy Representative for International Trade Negotiations Ling Ri attended the meeting and made a work report. The meeting emphasized that in 2025, promote international cooperation in the industrial chain supply chain, improve the overseas comprehensive service system, improve the foreign investment management system, ...
On January 21, Vice Minister of Commerce and Deputy Representative for International Trade Negotiations Ling Zhi presided over a roundtable meeting of European enterprises to listen to suggestions on the issues of European enterprises in China. Representatives from the Ministry of Finance, the State Food and Drug Administration and other departments attended the meeting. Ling Zhi said that China-EU economic and trade cooperation has a solid foundation, with deep integration of production and sup...
On January 18th, Sheng Qiuping, a member of the Party Group and Vice Minister of the Ministry of Commerce, led a team to investigate the Xilongduo store of Beijing Yonghui Supermarket. Sheng Qiuping highly affirmed the adjustment of Yonghui Supermarket. He said that the adjustment of Yonghui Supermarket has returned to the essence of retail, providing consumers with genuine, high-quality and high-priced goods and services.
On January 15, the Chinese side took note of the announcement issued by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs to further tighten export controls on some semiconductor manufacturing equipment and software, and expressed its high concern to the Dutch side in this regard. The semiconductor industry is a highly globalized field. Recently, some countries have repeatedly generalized the concept of national security and abused export controls, seriously threatening the stability of the global semicondu...