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Is the rapid growth of China’s emerging industries driven by industrial subsidies?: People’s Daily_我的网站

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A | 　　今天，河北省张家口市康保县人民政府发布情况通报：　　针对网上反映的“白菜收购环节蘸取甲醛溶液”相关问题，康保县第一时间组织农业农村、市场监管、公安等部门开展实地核查调查。

Workers assemble solar photovoltaic modules at a smart manufacturing workshop of Ronma Solar Energy Group in Jindong district of Jinhua city, East China's Zhejiang Province, on July 28, 2026. Photo: VCG
China saw robust exports in electric vehicles (EV), lithium batteries and photovoltaic products, known as the "new three," in the first half of this year. More notably, robotics, artificial intelligence (AI) and innovative drugs, which represent the future direction of industrial development, are also emerging as new calling cards for China's foreign trade.
However, the impressive performance provoked unease among some Western media outlets and politicians. Some have deliberately portrayed China's rapid industrial development and strong competitiveness as a result of government subsidies, pushing the false claim that subsidies have created overcapacity and those low-priced Chinese products are flooding global markets. Such fallacies, which simply equate industrial subsidies with overcapacity, are not only logically flawed but also factually groundless.
In practice, many countries adopt industrial policies tailored to their national conditions and development needs, such as providing research and development (R&D) subsidies for emerging industries and risk related subsidies for agriculture.
Well-designed industrial subsidies can help address market failures, promote technological innovation and environmental protection, reduce poverty and support balanced development, rather than cause so called "overcapacity."
Multiple reports by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development have noted that the number of industrial policies worldwide has grown rapidly over the past five years, with R&D subsidies, tax incentives and low interest loans for emerging industries becoming common international practices.
Forcibly linking industrial subsidies to "overcapacity" is, in essence, a political manipulation based on double standards. The US, for example, plans to provide $750 billion in various subsidies from 2022 to 2031 under its Inflation Reduction Act. Subsidized EVs are subject to requirements such as production and sales in the US or North America, effectively excluding other WTO members. US industrial subsidies for AI are even greater than those of all other countries combined.
Similarly, according to incomplete statistics, the European Commission is expected to provide more than 1.44 trillion euros ($210 billion) in various subsidies between 2021 and 2030. The EU's Industrial Accelerator Act links local content directly to financial support through "Made in EU" requirements, creating serious investment barriers and institutional discrimination.
Have these massive subsidies been labeled as causing "overcapacity"? The answer is no. While claiming that China's industrial subsidies lead to so-called overcapacity, these countries are themselves providing massive subsidies to their own industries. Such double standards amount to selective accusations targeting China, aimed at politicizing trade and economic issues and weaponizing industrial policy.
At a deeper level, accusations that "China's industrial subsidies cause overcapacity" are merely a pretext, reflecting growing anxiety and fear over the rising competitiveness of Chinese industries.
Looking back at the repeated hype in Western media, the criticism has consistently targeted China's most globally competitive industries, including new-energy vehicles, photovoltaics and power batteries. This exposes the real intention of shifting the blame for their own lagging industrial development onto China while stepping up restrictions against Chinese industries.
China's breakthroughs in these industries have been driven by advances in homegrown technologies, complete industrial and supply chains, and robust market competition, rather than by policy subsidies as some have claimed.
In recent years, China has taken multiple steps to regulate and improve its subsidy policies, from reviewing and correcting inappropriate local subsidies to exploring a unified negative list mechanism for local fiscal subsidies. China applies subsidies equally to all market entities, including foreign invested enterprises, strictly follows WTO rules, and continues to improve the compliance, effectiveness and transparency of its subsidy policies.
Rather than fabricating and hyping baseless claims about subsidies and obsessing over building trade barriers, certain Western media outlets and politicians should focus on addressing their own weaknesses and increasing investment in research and development. They should embrace healthy market competition with an inclusive mindset, promote mutual benefit through greater openness, and win markets and drive progress through genuine innovation.
This was compiled and translated by the Global Times English edition based on an article published in the "Chisu Jinsheng" economic commentary column of the People's Daily on August 10, 2026.
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B | 经初步核查，视频反映情况属实，系收购商为蔬菜运输保鲜，在装运过程中的违法行为。　　目前，公安部门已对相关人员、车辆依法采取强制措施，案件正在进一步侦办中。同时，对涉事白菜流向进行紧急追溯，并举一反三，对全县蔬菜收购、运输、销售环节开展全面深入排查，对发现的违法违规行为依法严肃查处，切实保障蔬菜供应安全。　　此前报道　　河北张家口市场监管局回应“博主曝光大白菜装车前蘸甲醛保鲜”：关注到相关情况多部门已展开调查　　8月22日，博主“渔猎齐哥”发布视频称，在河北张家口市康保县屯垦镇，随机挑选多个大白菜装载挂车，均存在装车前蘸取甲醛溶液用于保鲜的情况。视频中拍摄到装载白菜的货车上有标注“甲醛溶液”的瓶子　　其中，视频中拍到一辆正在装车的货车司机表示，这车大白菜将运往江苏宿迁。还有一现场人员表示，蘸取甲醛溶液后能保鲜"2—3天"。视频最后，该博主表示已在合肥某市场的大白菜中检测出了甲醛，确认是从河北运来的大白菜。视频中拍摄到装车人员疑似在蘸取甲醛溶液　　8月22日上午，澎湃新闻致电河北张家口市市场监督管理局，接线工作人员表示，已注意到相关情况，目前市场监督管理局、当地农业局及警方均已介入调查。　　澎湃新闻注意到，据“科普中国”此前发布的报道显示：　　蔬菜中的甲醛可以分为内源性和外源性两类。　　内源性的甲醛是生物代谢过程中产生的，自然存在于许多食物中，如蔬菜、菌菇、水果、肉类、鱼类等。这类甲醛含量极少，基本对人体不会产生危害。　　外源性的甲醛是在食物加工、运输、销售过程中由于人为不当使用产生的，是造成食品甲醛污染问题中的主要原因。个别不法菜贩子向蔬菜根部喷洒稀释后的甲醛，不但可以减少蔬菜长途运输过程中的发热腐烂现象，还会使其根部白净，更受购买者的喜爱。　　我国《食品安全法》及《农产品质量安全法》中明确规定，甲醛不得作为食品用加工助剂生产经营和使用。也就是说，以任何方式在食品中添加甲醛的行为都是违法的。　　此外，“科普中国”文章中还提到：甲醛每日允许摄入量为0.2毫克/公斤体重。