China News Service, April 17 (Xinhua) According to the Chinese Embassy in Germany website, a spokesperson for the German Embassy in Germany issued an open letter on April 17 to express its position.
Screenshot of the website of the Chinese Embassy in Germany
The spokesman pointed out that after the ambassador's sensational report on China in the "Photo" was rejected on April 15, the editor-in-chief of the newspaper issued an open letter to China, and once again politically slandered China and repeated the false arguments. The embassy in Germany once again expressed firm opposition and strong protest.
Screenshot of the Chinese Embassy's previous response
The spokesman said that since the outbreak of the New Coronary Pneumonia epidemic, China has reported the epidemic to WHO and conducted international cooperation in an open, transparent and responsible manner, and has taken the most comprehensive, rigorous and thorough measures to obtain It has achieved important results in stages, and gained time and accumulated experience for other countries to fight the epidemic. "These are objective facts that cannot be denied, and are generally appreciated by the international community."
"The Communist Party of China and the Chinese government always put the lives and health of the people first. The strong anti-epidemic measures of China and the huge sacrifices made for this have been sincerely understood, supported and supported by the Chinese people." The spokesperson emphasized , "The Chinese people have the most say in China's affairs. China does not need anyone outside to point the finger."
The spokesman said that regarding the source of the virus, this is a scientific issue and should be referred to scientists and medical experts. The person in charge of the WHO and internationally renowned medical experts have repeatedly stated that the so-called "laboratory leak" and other claims have no scientific basis.
"Another point I want to point out is that the World Intellectual Property Organization announced on April 7 that China will become the country with the largest number of international patent applications in 2019 under the organization's" Patent Cooperation Treaty. "The spokesperson said.
The spokesman pointed out, "We are also gratified to see that China and Germany continue to strengthen exchanges and cooperation in fighting the epidemic and support each other. We believe that the mutual understanding between the people of the two countries will be further consolidated, and the pragmatic cooperation between China and Germany will be further deepened. This Although the point is not recognized by the relevant media, but as a German citizen wrote to us today, 'Fortunately, the "Photo" does not represent Germany'. "
The spokesman expressed the hope that the relevant media will focus on the fight against the epidemic, stop the use of the epidemic as a political article, and do more useful things for the global anti-epidemic work.