<mvc:annotation-driven>

         <mvc:message-converters>

            <bean class="org.springframework.http.converter.StringHttpMessageConverter">

             <constructor-arg ref="utf8Charset"></constructor-arg>

            </bean>

         </mvc:message-converters>

    </mvc:annotation-driven>

 <bean id="utf8Charset" class="java.nio.charset.Charset" factory-method="forName">

    <constructor-arg value="UTF-8"/>

 </bean>