Strongly condemn! Chinese Embassy in the UK: Sunak's remarks about China are purely groundless, baseless, and maliciously defaming progress | Innovation | Resources | Speech | UK | Intellectual Property | Spokesperson | China
On June 9th local time, a spokesperson for the Chinese Embassy in the UK answered questions from reporters regarding the erroneous remarks made by British Prime Minister Sunak regarding China.
A reporter asked: According to reports, on June 8th, British Prime Minister Sunak stated during a visit to the United States that countries such as China and Russia have stolen intellectual property rights, abused technology, and manipulated critical resources. What is China's comment on this?
The spokesperson of the Chinese Embassy in the UK said that the above-mentioned remarks made by the UK regarding China are purely baseless, unfounded, and maliciously defamed. The Chinese side strongly condemns it.
The spokesperson said that China is a major creator of intellectual property in the world and is also committed to protecting intellectual property. According to the World Intellectual Property Indicators report, China ranked first in the world in terms of the number of valid patents in 2021. Innovation and intellectual property are by no means exclusive patents of British and American countries, and the application of intellectual property and the promotion of economic and social progress are not exclusive rights of certain countries. Innovation and intellectual property should serve the progress and well-being of all humanity, rather than becoming tools for individual countries to suppress the development of other countries.
The spokesperson pointed out that accusing China of "abusing technology" is even more of finding the wrong target. It is precisely the United States and Britain that continue to generalize the concept of national security, politicize and weaponize technological issues, and unreasonably suppress the technological development of other countries.
The spokesperson pointed out that the fabrication of the so-called "manipulation of key resources" by China is aimed at obstructing cooperation between China and relevant countries, and is completely political manipulation. China has always carried out overseas resource cooperation based on the principles of equality, mutual benefit, and win-win, achieving mutual benefit and common development. China has become a major trading partner of over 140 countries.
The spokesperson emphasized that we urge British politicians to respect the facts, not to parrot their words, and not to make excuses about China. That way, we can only harm others and ourselves, and there is no way out.