China News Service, December 10, Ministry of Commerce spokesperson Gao Feng responded to the rumor that "a large number of Japanese companies are queuing to withdraw from China" on the 10th.

He said that according to a survey conducted by the Japan External Trade Organization on Japanese companies in China, the so-called "large numbers of Japanese companies withdraw from China" are simply untenable.

  The Ministry of Commerce held a regular press conference on the 10th.

At the meeting, a reporter asked questions and said that for some time, there have been rumors that a large number of Japanese companies have lined up to withdraw from China.

A few days ago, a media investigation claimed that this news was not true.

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  Gao Feng said that according to the Japan External Trade Organization's survey of Japanese companies in China, the so-called "large numbers of Japanese companies withdraw from China" are simply untenable.

  Gao Feng introduced that from the Japan External Trade Organization's survey report on Japanese companies in China, from 2015 to 2019, the proportion of Japanese companies in China that expanded, maintained, and reduced their business in China remained basically stable, among which companies that plan to reduce their business in China It is relatively small.

Except for the proportion reaching 8.8% in 2015, it is between 5% and 5.4% in 2016-2019.

In April this year, the agency conducted a survey of about 3,500 Japanese companies in southern China. Among them, 91.7% of them said they had no plans to transfer their business in China, an increase of 6.9 percentage points from the survey conducted in February this year.

  In fact, most Japanese companies in China have not considered exiting or withdrawing from the Chinese market.

The investments of some Japanese companies in Japan and Southeast Asian countries are mostly new non-homogeneous projects.

According to Chinese statistics, from January to October this year, among the 29,500 newly established foreign-invested enterprises nationwide, 604 were from Japan, with actual investment amounting to RMB 20.26 billion.

Enterprises are market-oriented.

China has a large-scale market, complete industrial supporting capabilities, sufficient human resources, and good infrastructure. The so-called "reducing dependence on China" does not conform to market laws and will not become the basis for corporate investment decisions.

  Gao Feng said that China will further expand its market opening, increase its services for foreign-funded enterprises in various aspects such as industrial chain supporting, industrial transformation and upgrading, and solve practical problems faced by foreign-funded enterprises in a targeted manner, and strive to build a world-class market-oriented, The rule of law and an international business environment enable foreign companies to take root in the Chinese market and achieve mutual benefit and win-win results.