Chinese Foreign Ministry: Cooperation with relevant countries is not about drawing anyone in to confront anyone

The Chinese Foreign Ministry emphasized on Tuesday (July 28) that China's cooperation with relevant countries and regions, especially with developing countries, is not about drawing anyone in or confronting anyone.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian made the remarks at a regular press conference in response to reports that the United States plans to spend hundreds of millions of dollars to counter China's growing influence in the Americas, Africa, and Asia.

He stressed that developing normal relations and carrying out normal cooperation between countries should not target any third party.

Lin Jian also said that China has consistently opposed closed and exclusionary small circles, and that China's cooperation with relevant countries and regions, especially with developing countries, is not about drawing anyone in or confronting anyone, but about jointly safeguarding world peace, promoting global development, and upholding the international order.