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China News Service, Beijing, August 20 (Reporter Li Xiaoyu) In response to the disclosure of the final ruling of the EU's anti-subsidy investigation on China's electric vehicles, a spokesperson for China's Ministry of Commerce said on the 20th that the EU still insists on its wrong practices. China firmly opposes and is highly concerned about this. It will take all necessary measures to resolutely defend the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese companies.

The spokesperson pointed out that the EU's anti-subsidy investigation on Chinese electric vehicles has preset conclusions, and its practices in all aspects of the investigation are contrary to its committed principles of "objectivity, fairness, non-discrimination and transparency", and are not in line with WTO rules. It is practicing "unfair competition" in the name of "fair competition".

The spokesperson said that during the investigation of this case, the Chinese government and Chinese industry provided tens of thousands of pages of legal documents and evidence materials through various means such as submitting questionnaires, written comments, and stating opinions at hearings, and comprehensively and in-depth rebutted the EU's unreasonable and non-compliant practices.

The spokesperson said that the EU's final ruling did not fully absorb China's opinions, and it still insisted on its wrong practices, imposing high tax rates, and using sampling to discriminate between different types of Chinese companies, distorting the investigation results. The final ruling was based on the "facts" unilaterally identified by the EU, rather than the facts recognized by both sides. China firmly opposes this and is highly concerned.

The spokesperson said that since the end of June, China and the EU have conducted more than ten rounds of technical consultations on this case based on facts and rules. China has always been committed to properly handling trade disputes with the EU through dialogue and consultation with the utmost sincerity. It is hoped that the EU will work with China in the same direction, speed up the exploration of appropriate solutions with a rational and pragmatic attitude, and take practical actions to avoid the escalation of trade frictions. China will take all necessary measures to resolutely defend the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese companies. (End)