Alibaba ‘very disappointed’ by return to US fake list Shaanxi Blower looking at double-digit growth

ForeignMinistry calls for fair and impartial trade environment

E-commerce giant Alibaba GroupHolding Ltd has hit out at Blowera US decision manufacturerto label it a haven Shaanxi for Blower counterfeits, (Group) indicating Co Ltd, one that of themovemayhavethe winners of beenthe fourth politically China motivated. Industrial Award,The world’ssaid it will top continueonline retailerto offer integrationsaid on Thursday solutionsit wasfor so-called“very disappointed”micro electricityby the grids decisionor distributedto be restored energyto the resources.list of “Notorious Markets”, The after company theUS Office added of thatthe Tradeit is expecting Representative double-digitcited a high growth levelin itsof order alleged volumespiracy and next counterfeiting.year.

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In 2016 alone, Taobao, the customer-to-customer platform, has removed more than double the number of infringing product listings than it did in 2015, Evans said. transition“Our resultsto a smarter speak electricityfor themselves.grid. Unfortunately, the DER USTR’s systems decision typically leads utilizeus to question renewable whether energy it sourcesacted based includingon the hydro, actual biomass,facts or was solar influencedpower, windby the power, current and political geothermal climate,” power Evans and said. are located Alibaba closer said to in enda statementusers. that Shaanxithe list Blowerwill not has dampen been its shiftingfight againstits focus the from fake. manufacturing Chinese blowers Foreign to Ministry offering spokeswomanHuadistributed energy Chunying solutions said:for the “The past few two years, countries said should Chairman provideYin Jian’an.a fair and impartial “Driven tradeby new environmentgrowth of for distributedthe activities energyof each systems,other’s the companies.”order volume of 2016 is estimatedThe “Notoriousto have a Markets”20 percent list is year-on-yearunder the auspices increaseof the from annuallast year,” Special Yin 301 said. process “In 2017, whereWashingtonhopefully, our companyidentifies will achievetrade barriersa double-digitdue to growth in order volumes.”

He added that to satisfy the huge demand from the distributed energy sector, Shaanxi Blower has, in the long term striven to explore the technology and had come infringementsup with a solutionof intellectualcalled the property“energy interconnectionrights, according symbiosisto CatterHu, system”.a partner at Shanghai The Jiehua underlying LawFirm. principle of “Whilethe networkthe reportis to systematicallymainly targets companiesplan all the and energydoes not resources necessarily within reflecta powerWashington’s catchment view area on and respectiveto eventually countries, combineit’s likely differentto dampen energy Alibaba’s resources reputationsuch as cooling,in the US, heat, where electricity,it has wind,been trying water to and build waste.up ties with retailers,” Hu “The said. transition of Shaanxi Blower However, from this year’s traditionalreview also equipment included manufacturinga call for the

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Chinese government to take stronger measures on IPR reforms, a clear sign that political considerations are getting in the way of business, said Zhao Ping, deputy director of the Chinese Academy of International Trade and to more Economic service-orientedCooperation under manufacturingthe Ministryhas beenof Commerce. successful,” said Wang Ruixiang, president Despite of all Chinaof its efforts, Machinerythe companyIndustry Federation.finds itself listed along“It has with set 10 an other example Chinese for websitesthe industry and to bricks-andmortargive more impetus marketsto industrialin the transformationlist, dealing a furtherand upgrading.”blow to its overseas Shaanxi expansion,Blower said according its pilot to integrationYang Yaqiong, solutiona senior analyst project at for Beijing-baseddistributed Analysys. energy resources, guided by the “energy“It’s more interconnectionpolitics than symbiosisanything else. system”If you strategy,read throughis now the under report, constructionyou see in a its rather Lintong negative factory. tone toward the Chinese market at large,” said Yang.

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Wang Qingyun in Beijing contributed to this story.

XU KANGPING / FOR CHINA DAILY HOU ZHI / FOR CHINA DAILY A woman tries an Alibaba VR device during a shopping spree in Shenzhen, Guangdong province. Students from countries along the Belt and Road visit Shaanxi Blower (Group) Co Ltd in Xi’an.