Ministry of Commerce responds to the Canadian government's closure of Hikvision's business in Canada

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On June 30, a spokesperson for the Ministry of Commerce stated that Canada, citing "national security," forcibly shut down Hikvision's operations in Canada and prohibited Canadian government departments from purchasing or using Hikvision products. China expresses strong dissatisfaction and resolute opposition to this action.

A reporter asked: Recently, media reports stated that on June 27, a senior Canadian official stated on social media that after a national security review, the Canadian government believes that Hikvision's continued operation in Canada would harm Canada's national security. They have ordered it to cease operations and close its business in Canada, and stated that the Canadian government also prohibits government departments from purchasing or using Hikvision products. What is the Ministry of Commerce's comment on this? The Ministry of Commerce spokesperson made the above response.

The spokesperson said that the Chinese government has always encouraged enterprises to conduct international business in accordance with market principles and requires enterprises to strictly abide by the laws and regulations of the host country. Canada's so-called "national security review" process is opaque and the results are uncertain. Canada's actions are typical examples of the generalization of national security, not only harming the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese companies and affecting the confidence of bilateral business cooperation, but also disrupting and damaging normal Sino-Canadian trade and economic cooperation.

The spokesperson stated that currently, the global economic order is suffering from serious impacts of unilateralism and protectionism. China urges Canada to immediately correct its wrong actions, to support the liberalization and facilitation of trade and investment with concrete actions, to stop politicizing and over-securitizing trade and economic issues, and to provide an open, fair, just, and non-discriminatory environment for investment and operation of companies from all countries, including Chinese companies, in Canada. China will take necessary measures to resolutely safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese enterprises.

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