China pledges solar action

By Tuo Yannan in Brussels | China Daily | Updated: 2013-05-29 08:03

The European Alliance for Affordable Solar Energy holds a symbolic funeral march in front of the European Commission's headquarters in Brussels on Friday. The march highlights the more than 200,000 jobs expected to be lost as a result of the commission's plans to impose punitive duties on imports of solar products from China. Tuo Yannan / China Daily

China will take steps to defend its national interest if the European Union were to impose provisional antidumping duties on Chinese solar panels and investigate wireless communications networks, a high-level Chinese government official said on Monday in Brussels.