
China refutes U.S. ambassador's comments on dynamic zero-COVID policy
2022-06-18 08:59:10 source:CGTN
June 17, 2022
The Chinese Foreign Ministry on Friday rebutted a U.S. envoy's recent comments on China’s dynamic zero-COVID policy, stressing China retains its appeal to foreign investment.
The U.S. ambassador to China, Nicholas Burns, on Thursday said that Beijing's "zero-COVID" policy brought negative impact on foreign investment and claimed the policy will persist into 2023.
According to the National Bureau of Statistics, in the first five months of 2022, China’s foreign trade volume grew by 8.3 percent year on year and the foreign indirect investment (FDI) into the Chinese mainland expanded by 17.3 percent, spokesperson Wang Wenbin noted at a regular press conference.
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