German Chancellor Scholz.

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[Central News Agency] German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said in an interview with the "Focus" weekly magazine (Focus) today that the number of German companies that ignore risks and rely too much on the Chinese market is surprising.

He emphasized that the market must be fragmented.

According to Reuters, Scholz pointed out that "the importance of the Chinese market needs no explanation", but Germany's goal is not to depend on any one market.

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"I'm therefore amazed by the degree to which some companies rely on individual markets and their complete disregard for risk," Shots said in the interview.

This level of dependence shows that Germany must be more active in acquiring raw materials such as lithium and cobalt, he said.

"Even in mining, we must not continue to be complacent."

Xiao Zi visited China in early November and became the first leader of the Group of Seven (G7) to visit China since the outbreak of the epidemic. At that time, he bluntly expressed his dissatisfaction with China's market opening.

He visited China when his coalition government criticized Germany-China relations, trying to strike a balance between striving for a level playing field for European companies and getting rid of Germany's high dependence on the Chinese market.