On the afternoon of April 29, the Ministry of National Defense held a regular press conference.

At the meeting, a reporter asked questions and said that recently, US warships and aircraft have frequently been active in the sea and airspace around China.

Since April, the destroyer "McCain" sailed through the Taiwan Strait, and the aircraft carrier battle group "Roosevelt" entered the South China Sea.

Recently, the US Navy website released photos of the captain of the destroyer "Mustine" observing the Liaoning ship from a close range, and US soldiers tweeted a video of the Liaoning carrier aircraft taking off and landing.

How does China comment on this?

　　Wu Qian, Director of the Information Bureau of the Ministry of National Defense and spokesperson of the Ministry of National Defense, responded that recently, the USS "Mustine" destroyer continued to conduct close reconnaissance of the Chinese fleet during the normal exercises conducted by the Liaoning carrier formation of the Chinese Navy in the relevant waters. , Which seriously interfered with Chinese exercises and threatened the safety of naval vessels and personnel of both sides, and was of a very bad nature.

The Chinese navy warned the US ship to leave.

The Ministry of National Defense of China has lodged solemn representations with the US in this regard.

　　Wu Qian also said that since the inauguration of the current US government, the frequency of US warship activities in China’s waters has increased by more than 20% over the same period last year, and the frequency of reconnaissance aircraft activities has exceeded 40%.

The US frequently dispatches warships and planes to activities in the sea and airspace around China to promote regional militarization and threaten regional peace and stability. China firmly opposes this.

We urge the United States to strictly restrain the front-line forces, abide by the "China-US Sea and Air Encounter Safety Code of Conduct," "International Maritime Collision Avoidance Rules," and other rules to prevent similar dangerous incidents from happening again.

(Reporter Xu Pengpeng produced Lu Huiqian's video source from the Ministry of National Defense Network)　　

Editor in charge: [Lu Yan]