Ministry rejects German criticism

The Foreign Ministry said on Friday that growing investment from foreign companies in the country is the best refutation of a German industry association report that sounded an alarm about Beijing's reluctance to open up access to the Chinese market.

"Business heads vote with their feet. If the Chinese market is not open enough and full of barriers and challenges as claimed by some reports, how could so many foreign enterprises, including German ones, be attracted to invest in this market?" Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang said at a regular press conference in Beijing.

In a paper presented on Thursday, the Federation of German Industries (BDI) called on the European Union to adopt a tougher policy toward China and urged companies to reduce their dependence on the Chinese market as concerns mount over price dumping and technology transfers, Reuters reported.