China News Service, Beijing, August 31st (Reporter Guo Chaokai) In response to the so-called "new crown virus traceability investigation report" issued by officials or scholars from many countries, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said at a regular press conference on the 31st that the United States The political traceability of China will only poison the atmosphere of international traceability cooperation and undermine global solidarity in the fight against the epidemic. There is no way out.
A reporter asked a question. We noticed that there are many criticisms of the traceability report of the US intelligence agency from the outside world. What's China's comment on this?
Wang Wenbin said that the so-called traceability report concocted by the US intelligence department is essentially a political report, a dumping report, and a false report.
In this regard, people of insight in the international community can see clearly.
He introduced that officials or scholars from Pakistan, Cambodia, Egypt, Brazil, Syria and many other countries have issued articles criticizing the traceability report of the US intelligence services and the so-called "laboratory leak theory", pointing out that political motives cannot replace scientific evidence. Rather than accusing other countries, the United States should Pay attention to their own anti-epidemic and actively maintain international cooperation.
Wang Wenbin pointed out that China has always believed that the tracing of the new coronavirus is a complex scientific issue, which should and can only be researched by global scientists.
At the beginning of this year, WHO and Chinese authoritative experts formed a joint expert group to conduct a 28-day investigation and study in China, and released a joint China-WHO traceability research report, which reached authoritative, professional and scientific conclusions. Laying a good foundation for global traceability cooperation should be respected and implemented by all parties including the WHO.
In the future, global traceability work should and can only be carried out on this basis, rather than starting anew.
The political traceability of the United States will only poison the atmosphere of international traceability cooperation and undermine global solidarity in the fight against the epidemic. There is no way out.
Another reporter asked questions. Recently, more than 10 international experts from the China-WHO joint expert group published an article in the journal Nature, and proposed that the priorities of the next stage of traceability research include searching for all areas within and outside China where the earliest evidence of virus transmission appears. Early cases, antibody investigations on unreported cases inside and outside China, etc.
Does the Ministry of Foreign Affairs have any comment on this?
"We agree with the views of the international experts you mentioned." Wang Wenbin said that China has always advocated that scientific evidence should be used as a guide to effectively carry out international cooperation in scientific traceability, and jointly carry out the next stage of traceability research in many countries and places around the world.
In March this year, experts from China and the WHO released a joint research report on the traceability of the new crown virus, which also clearly pointed out that traceability should be based on a global perspective.
Wang Wenbin pointed out that as scientists from various countries continue to study the new coronavirus, a number of experimental studies have shown that the emergence of the new coronavirus in many places around the world is earlier than the previously known time.
He said that China has been carrying out domestic traceability research without interruption in accordance with the recommendations in the joint research report.
China hopes that countries that have discovered earlier evidence can act as soon as possible. Like China, it invites WHO experts to carry out scientific research on the ground and work together to solve the mystery of the source of the new crown virus.
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