British Prime Minister David Cameron urges China to treat GlaxoSmithKline kindly

Source: on the morning of December 3, 2013 Beijing time, the Financial Times reported that people familiar with the matter disclosed that British Prime Minister David Cameron mentioned GlaxoSmithKline again when he met with Chinese leaders during his visit to China, urging China to create a safe and stable business environment for British enterprises GlaxoSmithKline, a British pharmaceutical company, has been accused of bribing Chinese doctors to sell its own medicines in China after a corruption scandal GlaxoSmithKline's sales of drugs and vaccines in China have fallen 61% since the summer, as Chinese regulators launch anti-corruption investigations into business practices at Chinese pharmaceutical companies Andrew witty, GlaxoSmithKline's chief executive, was one of 127 business representatives who traveled with Cameron to China to promote economic ties between the two countries GlaxoSmithKline is the largest pharmaceutical company in the UK and an important employer He has advised Prime Minister Cameron on business matters in the past; he recently wrote a report on university education for the government He said the bribery scandal has greatly damaged GlaxoSmithKline and his image, and he vowed to find out all wrongdoing "This is an important opportunity to demonstrate our commitment to continue to supply drugs in the Chinese market," said Simon Steel, a spokesman for GlaxoSmithKline, when asked about Mr an's trip to Beijing Chinese police have accused GlaxoSmithKline of diverting up to 3 billion yuan ($492 million) through travel agencies to bribe doctors and officials to help boost drug sales, the most serious official charge against a multinational for years After meeting with Chinese leaders, Cameron praised Britain's openness to investment in China and promised to vigorously promote trade agreements between the EU and China He said that Europe and other regions see the world change and want to block China from the bamboo screen of trade barriers, but the UK intends to crush these trade barriers.