中国驻英国使馆：敦促英国议会下院外委会停止污蔑抹黑中国
英国议会下院外交委员会4月6日发表有关新冠肺炎疫情报告，罔顾中国为世界抗疫所做巨大努力、牺牲和贡献，无端污蔑中方隐瞒疫情、散布不实信息，还毫无根据地将中国称为病毒来源地。中方对此深感震惊、深表关切。
中国始终秉持公开、透明、负责任的态度，第一时间甄别病原体，第一时间与世界卫生组织共享病毒全基因序列，第一个采取历史上最有力、最严格、最全面的防控举措，第一个取得疫情防控阶段性成果，第一个毫无保留地与有关国家分享抗疫经验，第一时间向包括英国在内的120多个国家和4个国际组织提供抗疫援助，得到了国际社会充分肯定和积极评价。中国的努力不容歪曲，中国的贡献不容诋毁！
中国处理疫情的时间线清清楚楚，从公开报道中都可以看到。2019年12月27日，湖北省中西医结合医院呼吸与重症医学科主任张继先第一时间上报了她接诊的3个可疑病例，29日湖北和武汉相关疾控中心和医院开展了流行病学调查，30日武汉市卫健委发布了关于《做好不明原因肺炎救治工作的紧急通知》，31日国家卫健委专家组抵达武汉开展现场调查；2020年1月3日，中方开始正式向世卫组织以及包括英国、美国在内的世界各国通报信息，8日初步确定疫情病原，11日中国疾控中心将5条新冠病毒全基因组序列上传网站，同全球和世卫组织共享数据，23日中方采取关闭离汉通道等空前全面、彻底和严格的措施。
根据世卫组织评估，中国政府采取果断、有力、及时措施，避免了数十万人感染。许多国家都认为，中国经验和做法为其他国家提供了有益借鉴。《科学》杂志近日刊登英国、美国等科研人员的共同报告，认为中国防控举措成功打破了病毒传播链，为其他国家采取措施争取了宝贵时间。
新冠病毒溯源问题是个严肃复杂的科学问题，必须要由专业人士基于事实作出科学和专业的评判。世卫组织和国际社会都明确反对将病毒与特定国家和地区相联系，反对借此搞污名化。
我想强调，病毒不分国界、不分种族，是人类的共同敌人。在这个特殊时期，各国应着眼大局和长远，携手合作、共克时艰。我们坚决反对将疫情政治化，在各国之间制造矛盾与分裂，这将毒化国际抗疫合作氛围，妨碍各方共同抗击疫情。
我们敦促英国议会下院外委会及某些政客摒弃冷战思维，停止污蔑抹黑中国，客观、公正地看待中国抗疫努力与成效，为中英抗疫合作和维护全球公共卫生安全贡献正能量，而非相反。
发言人谈话英文：
Embassy Spokesperson's Remarks on the Foreign Affairs Committee Report on Viral Immunity - The FCO's role in building a coalition against COVID-19
On April 6th, the Foreign Affairs Committee of the House of Commons of the UK published a report on Viral Immunity – The FCO’s role in building a coalition against COVID-19. This report made groundless accusations against China, saying China “manipulated vital information about the virus” and “allowed disinformation to spread”, and referred to China as “the country of origin”. It disregards China’s enormous efforts, sacrifice and contribution in the global response to COVID-19. The Chinese side is deeply shocked and expresses grave concern.
China identified the pathogen of the virus and shared the full genetic sequence with WHO in a record-short time and in an open, transparent and responsible manner. It was the first country in the world to take the most effective, strict and comprehensive measures of prevention and control in history, the first to achieve preliminary success in containing the spread of the virus, and the first to share its experience with the relevant countries of the world without reservation. China has also offered timely assistance to more than 120 countries, including the UK, and 4 international organizations. China’s efforts and contribution have won full recognition and positive response from the international community. The distortion and slander of the above-mentioned report are totally unacceptable.
The timeline of China’s response is very clear, as you can gather from media reports. On December 27th, 2019, Zhang Jixian, Director of the Department of Respiratory and Critical Care at Hubei Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, reported the first three suspected cases. This triggered epidemiological investigation on December 29th by relevant CDCs and hospitals in Hubei and Wuhan. On December 30th, Wuhan Municipal Health Committee issued the Urgent Notice on the Treatment of Pneumonia of Unknown Cause. On December 31st, the National Health Committee sent a team of experts to Wuhan to look into this matter. On January 3rd, 2020, China began sending officially updates to WHO and other countries, including the UK and the US. On January 8th, the pathogen of the virus was preliminarily identified. On January 11th, the China CDC uploaded five full genetic sequences of the virus on its website and shared the information with countries of the world and WHO. On January 23rd, China adopted unprecedentedly comprehensive, thorough and strict measures, including putting Wuhan under lockdown.
According to WHO estimation, the decisive, effective and timely measures that the Chinese Government has taken have prevented hundreds of thousands of people from contracting the rivus. Many countries believe that China’s experience and measures are useful lessons for other countries. Recently, the journal Science published a paper by researchers from the UK, the US and other countries which says that China’s measures worked by successfully breaking the chain of transmission and bought valuable time for other countries.
The origin of the virus is a serious and complicated matter of science, which requires science-based and professional assessment by experts. WHO and the international community have expressed explicit opposition to linking the virus to a specific country or region, or to taking this as an excuse for stigmatization.
I want to emphasize that virus does not respect borders or discriminate. It is a common enemy of all mankind. At this special and critical moment, countries of the world should keep the big picture and long-term interests in mind and join hands to address the difficulties of our times. We strongly oppose such moves as politicalizing public health issue and creating contradictions and misgivings among countries as these will poison the atmosphere of cooperation and undermine global efforts against the epidemic.
We urge the Foreign Affairs Committee and certain politicians to abandon the “Cold-War” mentality, stop the smear campaign and see China’s efforts and achievements of containing the epidemic in an objective and fair light, so as to contribute positive energy, rather than doing the opposite, to China-UK cooperation to bring the virus under control and safeguard global public health.