Scholz wrote an article saying that China’s rise is not a reason to isolate China: China’s response

BEIJING, Dec. 6 (Xinhua) On Dec. 6, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Mao Ning presided over a customary press conference.

A reporter asked: A few days ago, German Chancellor Scholz wrote an article in “Foreign Affairs” magazine, stressing that China’s rise is not a reason to isolate China, nor is it an excuse to limit cooperation with the China. He also said that the current world has not entered a new cold war and does not agree with the idea that China and the United States will face off. How does China react to this?

Mao Ning: We have noted the pertinent remarks made by Premier Scholz.

China adheres to the foreign policy purpose of maintaining world peace and promoting common development, and is committed to developing friendly cooperation with other countries. Facts have proved that China’s development is the growth of world peacemaking force and is the driving force and opportunity for global development.

Isolating China and limiting cooperation with China is in no one’s interest. In today’s world, the trend of economic globalization is irreversible, and mutual benefit and win-win outcomes are what people want. China has been deeply integrated with the world economy and the international system, and the world will not return to a state of mutual closure and separation. No country can engage in construction with closed doors: “Unhooking and breaking chains” and “small courtyards and high walls” harm others and benefit themselves.

China’s development cannot be separated from the world, and the world’s prosperity cannot be separated from China. China will continue to implement high-level openness and share development opportunities with other countries. As President Xi Jinping stressed when meeting with Prime Minister Scholz, China has always maintained and promoted world peace with its own development, and China’s development and the world’s development are mutually integrated and mutually beneficial.