Zhao Lijian Photo: VCG

 



China has always attached great importance to protection of intellectual property rights and urged the US side to stop politicizing the issue when it comes to science and technology, said Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian on Tuesday.

The comment comes after the US State Department said US President Biden is committed to ensuring Chinese companies cannot misuse and misappropriate US data and will ensure that US technology does not end up supporting China's "malign activities".

Zhao said that it is hoped that the US can stop its baseless accusations against China and work with the international community to create an open, fair, just and non-discriminatory environment for the development of science and technology.

Scientific and technological achievements should benefit all mankind and should not be used as a means to restrict the development of other countries, he added.