Question: Germany is reviewing its decision to allow China’s COSCO to take a stake in theree terminals at Hamburg Port according to the German Ministry of Economy. Does China have any comment?

We noted the reports. Practical cooperation between China and Germany is based on voluntary business choices and mutually beneficial. The German side knows full well the details of COSCO’s acquisition of the stake in the Port of Hamburg. We hope that Germany will not politicize normal business cooperation or make it an issue about ideologies and security. There should be no man-made barriers for such cooperation. We once again urge Germany to view the practical cooperation between the two countries from an objective and rational perspective, and provide a fair, just and non-discriminatory environment for Chinese companies.