On January 22, Foreign Ministry spokesman Mao Ning presided over a regular press conference. A reporter asked: Last week, the US Treasury Department issued a statement imposing sanctions on relevant Chinese companies and citizens on the grounds of suspected participation in the "Salt Typhoon" cyber attack. What is China's response to this? Mao Ning said that China opposes the Biden administration's accusation of China and abuse of sanctions in the absence of credible evidence. In fact, the United States has carried out a long, systematic and large-scale cyber attack on China, and China has expressed concern and opposition on this many times. Mao Ning pointed out that China and the United States are both major cyber powers. Both sides have similar concerns in maintaining cyber security, especially critical infrastructure security. They should openly discuss matters of their concerns based on equality and mutual respect, based on factual evidence, abide by the same international rules, and jointly maintain peace and stability in cyberspace. The US should stop its wrong practice of abuse of sanctions.

(CCTV reporter Zhao Chaoyi)