China News Service, Beijing, September 3 (Reporter Li Xiaoyu) In response to India’s announcement of banning 118 Chinese apps, the spokesperson of the Ministry of Commerce Gao Feng said on the 3rd that China expresses serious concerns and firmly opposes this.
On September 2, the Ministry of Information Technology of India announced the prohibition of 118 Chinese mobile phone applications such as Baidu, Youku, and Alipay from being used in India on the grounds that they "undermined India's sovereignty and integrity, Indian defense, national security and public order".
In response, Gao Feng said at a press conference held that day that India had abused the concept of "national security" and adopted discriminatory restrictive measures against Chinese companies, violating relevant WTO rules.
The relevant practices of India not only harm the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese investors and service providers, but also harm the interests of Indian consumers and the investment environment of India as an open economy.
Gao Feng urged the Indian side to correct its wrong practices.
He said that China-India economic and trade cooperation is mutually beneficial and win-win, and he hopes that India and China will jointly maintain the hard-won cooperation and development situation and create an open, fair and just environment for international investors and service providers, including Chinese companies. Business environment.
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