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China voices 'strong dissatisfaction' over EU ban on Chinese firms in medical device tenders
[A professional and focused Asian female doctor in scrubs is working and reading medical research on her laptop in her office at a hospital.]
China is deeply dissatisfied and firmly opposes the European Union's restrictions on Chinese companies in the medical device sector, the Commerce Ministry said on Tuesday.
The European Commission on Friday said it will bar Chinese firms from participating in EU public tenders for medical devices worth 60 billion euros ($69 billion) or more a year after concluding that EU companies are not given fair access to the Chinese market.
A spokesperson for China’s Commerce Ministry called on the EU to correct its "wrong approach" and vowed to take measures to protect the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese companies, _Xinhua News Agency_ reported.
"The European side has persisted in using unilateral tools to build new protectionist barriers, which not only harms the interests of Chinese enterprises, but also seriously undermines fair competition," the ministry said.
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