國務(wù)院新聞辦公室網(wǎng)絡(luò)局負(fù)責(zé)人23日凌晨就谷歌公司宣布停止按照中國法律規(guī)定的對有害信息過濾,將搜索服務(wù)由中國內(nèi)地轉(zhuǎn)至香港發(fā)表談話指出,外國公司在中國經(jīng)營必須遵守中國法律。

負(fù)責(zé)人說,谷歌公司違背進(jìn)入中國市場時作出的書面承諾,停止對搜索服務(wù)進(jìn)行過濾,并就黑客攻擊影射和指責(zé)中國,這是完全錯誤的。我們堅(jiān)決反對將商業(yè)問題政治化,對谷歌公司的無理指責(zé)和做法表示不滿和憤慨。

China: Google has violated promise

The State Council Information Office, says Google's discontinuing to censor results violates the written promise it made when it entered China and is totally wrong. The Information Office's remarks came when Google announced on Tuesday it stopped self-censoring its mainland-based search engine and moved Google.cn to its Hong Kong website.

Internet users on the Chinese mainland can still access google.cn, but are automatically re-directed to Google's Hong Kong server.

This comes after Google announced early Tuesday that it has stopped filtering information as is required by Chinese law.

The Chinese government immediately responded.

The State Council Information Office, which regulates China's Internet, called the move "totally wrong".

The office says Google has violated the promise it made when entering the Chinese market by stopping filtering its searching service and by blaming China for alleged hacker attacks. The Information Office says China is opposed to the politicization of commercial issues, and expresses its discontent and indignation with Google for its unreasonable accusations and conduct.

The Information Office says the government talked to Google twice to try to resolve the standoff and suggested that China's laws requiring Web sites to censor themselves was non-negotiable. China will still adhere to the opening-up principle and welcome foreign companies wanting to invest in China's Internet Industry.

The Foreign Ministry has also responded.

Qin Gang said, "China manages the Internet according to the law and our stance on it is firm. This is also in line with international practice."

While the search engine has shifted to Hong Kong, Google.cn's map service and a free music portal remain in China. Research and sales divisions also remain, for the time being.

Google's Gmail e-mail service is still accessible from within China, as is its news page.