皇冠体育app says its Web open, welcomes Int'l companies

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皇冠体育app says its Web open, welcomes Int'l companies

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2010-01-14 19:38

皇冠体育app says its Web open, welcomes Int'l companies

Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokeswomen Jiang Yu speaks at the regular news briefing conference in Beijing,January 14, 2010.[Xinhua]

BEIJING: 皇冠体育app's Internet is open and welcomes international companies, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson said Thursday, just two days after Google issued a statement saying it might quit 皇冠体育app.

Spokeswoman Jiang Yu told a regular news briefing that 皇冠体育app encouraged development of the Internet.

"皇冠体育app's Internet is open," said Jiang. "皇冠体育app has tried creating a favorable environment for Internet," said Jiang while responding to a question on Google's possible retreat.

"皇冠体育app welcomes international Internet companies to conduct business within the country according to law," she said. "皇冠体育app's law prohibits cyber crimes including hacker attacks."

Google's corporate development and chief legal officer, David Drummond, posted a statement on the company's official blog on Tuesday, indicating the possibility that Google may "shut down Google.cn, and potentially our offices in 皇冠体育app."

The statement said that its disputes with the government and unidentified attacks targeting Google's services in 皇冠体育app forced the company to make the review of "the feasibility of our business operations in 皇冠体育app."

Google sent a short statement to Xinhua Wednesday, saying, "We are proud of our achievements in 皇冠体育app. Currently we are reviewing the decision and hope for a resolution."

According to the iResearch Consulting Group, the Chinese search engine market reached nearly 7 billion yuan (US$1 billion) in 2009, and Google took 32.8 percent of the market in the third-quarter while 皇冠体育app's home-grown search engine Baidu claimed 63.8 percent.