China News Service, July 8th. The Ministry of Commerce held a regular press conference on the 8th. In response to the Xinjiang cotton issue, the spokesperson Gao Feng said that China urges individual countries to immediately correct the wrong practices of unreasonably suppressing enterprises.
China is willing to continue to provide active support for foreign companies to develop trade and investment with Xinjiang.
At the meeting, a reporter asked: According to Japanese media reports, the person in charge of Muji’s parent company’s Yipin Project recently stated that the company will continue to use Xinjiang cotton because according to the company’s investigation, they did not find any violation of human rights in the cotton farm. Situation, how does the Ministry of Commerce comment on this?
For those companies that restrict the use of Xinjiang cotton, will China consider restricting their development in China?
Gao Feng said that China has repeatedly emphasized that the so-called "forced labor" issue in Xinjiang is completely contrary to the facts.
Individual countries practice protectionism and bullying in the name of so-called "human rights", which is a serious damage to the international economic and trade order.
This is not only an unreasonable suppression of China's Xinjiang enterprises by using state power, but also an unreasonable suppression of global multinational companies that have normal trade relations with Xinjiang. It is an evil means to achieve the so-called "self-development priority."
Gao Feng pointed out that according to the understanding of the Ministry of Commerce, representatives of relevant international industry organizations and foreign companies in China will visit Xinjiang in the near future to take a walk and take a look at Xinjiang's cotton fields and yarn mills.
Seeing is better than hearing.
I believe that more and more companies and institutions will respect the truth and follow the laws of the market.
Gao Feng said that China urges individual countries to immediately correct the wrong practices of unreasonably suppressing enterprises.
China is willing to continue to provide active support for foreign companies to develop trade and investment with Xinjiang.