(Beijing Zhongxin Electric) Wang Shouwen, deputy minister of the Ministry of Commerce and deputy representative of international trade negotiations, said that the impact of the United States' tariffs on Chinese foreign trade and absorption of foreign capital is generally controllable.May be achieved.
In an interview, Wang Shouwen said that the United States accused the Chinese side of the stolen intellectual property rights and mandatory technology transfer, which was completely out of China.
He emphasized that there was no winner in the trade war, and cooperation was the only correct choice.China always believes that the two sides will eventually resolve economic and trade differences through dialogue.In consultation, China always emphasizes the principles of mutual respect, equality and mutual benefit.If one party is under pressure to negotiate, or the results of the negotiations only make the unilateral profit, such negotiations will not be successful.
Wang Shouwen said that the U.S. tariff measures will have a certain negative impact on China's foreign trade, but it is generally controllable.First of all, the United States is still an important export market in China, but the importance is declining.China's exports to the United States accounted for about 22%in 1999, and now only about 16%.Secondly, China's export market is becoming increasingly diverse.There are more than 230 trading partners in China. They are the top three sources of imports of 130 trading partners. They are the largest source of imports of 61 trading partners.Third, China's foreign trade scale is large and strong.
The overall proportion of the overall impact on foreign investment
Talking about the impact of Sino -US economic and trade frictions on China's absorption of foreign capital, Wang Shouwen said that there is indeed some labor -intensive enterprises that are mainly exported to abroad, but the overall proportion is not great.
He said that the US investment in China accounted for a low proportion of China's absorption of foreign investment. As of the end of 2018, the actual investment in the US investment in China was 85.19 billion US dollars, and the proportion of foreign investment in China was only 4.2%.
Wang Shouwen said that China will further relax market access. Before July 1 this year, a new version of the negative list will be issued to continue to compress.China will also continue to improve the business environment, strengthen the construction of the rule of law and the government of integrity, and modify and improve laws and regulations in accordance with the needs of expanding opening up, regulate governments at all levels in terms of administrative licenses and market supervision, clean up and abolish the market that hinders fair competition and distort the marketUnreasonable regulations, subsidies and practices, treat all enterprises and operators fairly, and improve the business environment of marketization, legalization and facilitation.
