BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's cabinet blocked on Wednesday the planned sale of Volkswagen subsidiary MAN Energy Solutions' gas turbine division to a Chinese company, two government sources said.

MAN Energy Solutions said last September that the German government would take a closer look at the planned sale to Chinese state-owned CSIC Longjiang GH Gas Turbine Co (GHGT), which was first announced in June 2023 at an undisclosed price.

GHGT belongs to the China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC), which dominates the Chinese shipbuilding industry.

Three people familiar with the matter told Reuters on Tuesday that Germany would block the plans.

(Reporting by Andreas Rinke, writing by Madeline Chambers, editing by Thomas Seythal)