Level-playing field for all in stimulus projects, says ministry

China will continue to push forward its opening-up policy as always and create a fair competition environment for foreign and domestic products, government officials said on Friday.

Some foreign media misinterpreted the notice issued recently by the government as a "buy-Chinese" trade protectionism, and that was completely a misunderstanding," Ministry of Commerce Spokesman Yao Jian and National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) Spokesman Li Pumin said in a joint statement.

The NDRC, China's top economic planner, issued a notice in early June along with other ministries saying that government-invested projects should use domestic products and services unless they are not available in the country.