Den kinesiske regering meddelte kun, at »i det omfang, der skal anvendes en benchmark, bør det være de priser, som de kinesiske virksomheder, som ikke er begunstigede, skal betale for tilsvarende jord«. Da den kinesiske regering ikke oplyste, hvilke industrier, der ikke er »begunstigede« og heller ikke fremlagde oplysninger om de priser, som disse industrier betaler for industriel jord i Kina, var Kommissionen ikke i stand til at vurdere, om de udgør en egnet reference.
The GOC only submitted that ‘to the extent that any benchmark should be used, it should be the prices that Chinese industries which are not favoured would have to pay for similar land’. Since the GOC did not disclose which industries are not ‘favoured’ and neither did it provide any information on prices which these industries are paying for industrial land in China, the Commission was unable to assess whether they constitute a suitable benchmark.