China to expand high-standard opening up to create more opportunities for foreign companies: FM

(ECNS) -- China will continue to promote high-quality development and expand high-standard opening up to create more opportunities for foreign companies, including those from Germany, to invest and operate in China, said Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Mao Ning on Thursday.

Mao made the comment at a press conference in response to the decision of Volkswagen and the SAIC to transfer their joint venture in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region to an affiliate of the Shanghai government.

She pointed out that some political forces have spread too many rumors and created too much disinformation about Xinjiang in the world. “’Forced labor’ is one of these,” she said.

By concocting these lies, they are aiming to destabilize Xinjiang and hold back China’s development and revitalization and what they are actually doing is to force “de-coupling”, unemployment and poverty on Xinjiang under the pretext of human rights, the spokesperson noted.

“Such attempts will never succeed,” she said.

Currently, Xinjiang enjoys social stability, economic growth, ethnic solidarity and harmony among various religions and the rights and interests of the people of all ethnic groups in Xinjiang are well protected, she added.