His previous role was director of economic research at the commerce ministry.

One reason might be that the Commerce Ministry has no confidence in the process and would like different terms.

On 30 December the commerce ministry said the outlook for foreign investment this year was "not optimistic".

The Commerce Ministry has recently floated the idea of private foreign investment in higher education.

"The record of the Commerce Ministry is clean and transparent."

After that, she received an identical invitation from the Commerce Ministry.

"How long have you worked for the Commerce Ministry?"

China reported a trade surplus of $11 billion in the first two months of this year, according to data released by the commerce ministry Thursday.

The Commerce Ministry ordered another 500,000 to meet demand.

"That implies that more than one point of view there is within the Commerce Ministry."