In response to U.S. Secretary of State Pompeo’s threat to withdraw apps developed by Chinese companies such as Wechat from the U.S. App Store, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin stated at a regular press conference on August 6 that many Chinese companies currently unilaterally sanctioned by the U.S. They are innocent, and their technology and products are safe. The United States itself is covered in smudges and talks about "cleaning the Internet". This is ridiculous.

　　A reporter asked questions. Pompeo said yesterday that he hopes to remove some of the apps developed by Chinese companies from the US App Store, and specifically mentioned Wechat. What is China's comment?

　　Wang Wenbin said that US politicians such as Pompeo have repeatedly used national security as an excuse to abuse national power to suppress and contain Chinese high-tech enterprises. China firmly opposes this. The relevant US actions have no factual basis at all. They are completely malicious smear and political manipulation. The essence is to maintain its own high-tech monopoly, completely violate market principles and international economic and trade rules, and seriously threaten the security of the global industrial chain supply chain. It is typical. Bullying behavior.

　　He said, I want to emphasize that many Chinese companies currently unilaterally sanctioned by the United States are innocent, their technologies and products are also safe, and there has never been a similar "Snowden incident" or "WikiLeaks". In the network security incidents, there has not been a network monitoring behavior similar to "Prism Gate", "Formula Organization", and "Echelon System". The United States itself is covered in dirt, but talks about "cleaning the Internet", which is ridiculous.

　　Wang Wenbin pointed out that we urge the United States to correct its wrong practices, create conditions for enterprises from all countries to carry out normal economic and trade cooperation, and restore a free, open and secure cyberspace in the world.

　　He said that China will continue to work with other countries in the world to jointly maintain a fair, just, open, and non-discriminatory business environment, promote international scientific and technological exchanges and cooperation, and make safe, reliable, and high-quality information technology benefit the global economic recovery and the people of all countries. Life provides new impetus. (Reporter Zhang Weiran edited Gao Yuhui)

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