China News Service, Beijing, February 20 (Reporter Zhang Weiran) Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mao Ning hosted a regular press conference on the 20th.
A reporter asked: Last year, China exported 4.91 million cars (excluding second-hand cars), ranking first in the world for the first time. Data recently released by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers shows that in January this year, China exported 443,000 vehicles, a year-on-year increase of 47.4%, continuing the rapid growth trend. We have also noticed that the United States is considering ways other than tariffs to restrict the import of Chinese smart cars and related parts. The European Union has also launched a countervailing investigation into Chinese electric cars. What is the spokesperson's comment on this?
Mao Ning: The data you mentioned about China's automobile exports show the high-quality development of China's manufacturing industry and the vitality of technological innovation.
Division of labor, cooperation, mutual benefit and win-win results are a salient feature of the automobile industry chain. The leap-forward development of China's automobile industry has provided global consumers with high-quality, cost-effective products. For every three cars China exports, one is an electric car, making a positive contribution to the global green and low-carbon transformation.
You mentioned the trade protectionist measures taken by relevant countries against China. As Foreign Minister Wang Yi pointed out, normal trade exchanges are pan-security and pan-ideological, and "small courtyards and high walls" are built in the name of "risk removal". Not pursuing "running faster" but trying to "trip others up" seems to win, but in fact it loses one's own long-term development and drags down the progress and prosperity of the world.
China always believes that all parties should unite rather than divide, cooperate rather than confront, be open rather than closed, take into account the interests of others while safeguarding their own interests, promote common development while seeking their own development, and create internationalization, marketization, and rule of law for economic and trade cooperation. create a more inclusive environment and promote economic globalization in a more inclusive direction. (over)