China on
Tuesday urged joint efforts with Australia to provide a fair environment for enterprises
from both nations after Australia maintained a broadband ban on Chinese telecom
firm Huawei.
"China
has always opposed pleading national security as an excuse for disturbing
normal economic and trade cooperation between two countries," foreign ministry
spokeswoman Hua Chunying said at a daily news briefing.
"We
hope that both countries can work together to create favorable conditions and a
fair environment for enterprises from both sides to conduct cooperation based
on mutual respect and equality in line with the principles of market
economy," Hua told reporters.
Australia
on Tuesday maintained a ban issued by the previous Labor administration to bar
Huawei from bidding for the country's high-speed national internet program.
Hua said
China and Australia have kept close contacts since the new Australia administration
was established in September.
As
important countries in the Asia-Pacific region, China and Australia share broad
common interests, she said, adding that it accords with both sides' core
interests to conduct mutually beneficial cooperation based on equality and
mutual respect.
Huawei
Australia was banned by the former Labor administration earlier last year from
tendering in the National Broadband Network project over security reasons.
Shortly after that, the United States also issued a congressional report,
saying that Huawei and ZTE, another Chinese telecom company, pose a security
threat to the United States and should be barred from US contracts and
acquisitions.
The US
report was dismissed by Huawei Australia chairman John Lord as
"protectionism," not security.
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