China's reinforced administration of certain resources products is in line with the objective of the WTO, the Chinese Permanent Mission to the WTO said on July 5.

For the purpose of protecting the environment and exhaustible natural resources, the Chinese Government in recent years has reinforced its administration on certain resource products, especially "high pollution, high energy-consuming and resource-dependent" products, the Chinese Mission said in a statement.

Although these measures have an impact on domestic and international users, they are in line with the objective of sustainable development promoted by the WTO and they help to guide the country's resource industry toward healthy development, said the statement.

The statement came after the WTO Dispute Settlement Body issued a panel report, making its preliminary judgment of the dispute around China's measures related to the exportation of various raw materials.