Foreign companies are losing market share in China across a broad range of industries because of discriminatory treatment by the government and regulators, according to the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China.
In its annual position paper, the organisation aired a host of complaints from its member companies and explicitly accused Beijing of violating its World Trade Organisation commitments through heavy-handed certification requirements.
“Compulsory certification in excess of what is reasonable is being used to keep foreigners out of the market and business licence requirements continue to exclude foreign companies from entire sectors,” the group said.