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on september 25, foreign ministry spokesperson lin jian hosted a regular press conference.

a bloomberg reporter asked that china announced that it would investigate the us clothing manufacturer pvh for allegedly boycotting xinjiang cotton. the chinese ministry of commerce required pvh to submit written materials within 30 days to explain whether the company has taken discriminatory measures against xinjiang-related products in the past three years. according to a regulation issued by china in 2020, pvh may be added to the "unreliable entity list" if it is found to be at fault. is this related to the us government's recent plan to block the sale and import of automotive hardware and software from china? in addition, we would like to know whether china will launch such investigations on more us companies?

file photo of lin jian. source: ministry of foreign affairs website

"regarding the question you mentioned, i noticed that the ministry of commerce has already responded," lin jian said. "here i want to emphasize that the chinese government is determined to promote high-level opening up, firmly safeguard the multilateral trading system, and firmly safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of various market operators."

lin jian said that china has always handled the unreliable entity list issue prudently, targeting only a very small number of foreign entities that undermine market rules and violate chinese laws. honest and law-abiding foreign entities have nothing to worry about.

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