China urged the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development on Thursday to pursue research in an objective manner and avoid politicizing or instrumentalizing reports in a way that harms its own credibility, according to the Ministry of Commerce.
The Paris-based organization released a report on Monday claiming that Chinese companies receive the largest amount of government subsidies globally.
A ministry spokesperson said subsidies are a common policy tool used by economies worldwide, including OECD member nations.
"China is willing to actively participate in international discussions on industrial subsidy rules," said the commerce official in a statement. "However, we believe the OECD report lacks rigorous conceptual definitions, has biased sample selections, and draws one-sided and arbitrary conclusions."
The spokesperson argued that the "subsidies" identified in the report are not based on a unified measurement standard or statistical methodology, straying from the multilateral consensus within the World Trade Organization framework.
