Official: China actively carries out int'l cooperation in COVID-19 control

China is actively carrying out cooperation with the international community in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, and introducing its experiences in dealing with the coronavirus, said Zeng Yixin, vice minister of the National Health Commission (NHC), at a press conference held by the State Council Information Office on Friday. 

The NHC has continuously held information sharing sessions with the international community, Zeng said. Over the past week alone, the commission talked over the phone and via video links with health minister from Central and Eastern Europe, Germany, the U.K., Japan, and South Korea. It also held technical communication with African countries, during which China introduced its experiences in dealing with the novel coronavirus.

China also attaches great importance to cooperation with the WHO and the G20, implementing initiatives put forward by the two international organizations, said Li Mingzhu, an official of the Department of International Cooperation of the NHC. 

A group of experts from the WHO visited Wuhan in January, and a joint China-WHO expert team later visited Beijing, Sichuan, Guangdong, and Wuhan in February, Li said. 

The WHO never asked to visit a specific lab in China, and thus allegations that China denied WHO experts a visit to labs in Wuhan are not factually based, Li said. 

As of Friday, China has dispatched a total of 21 teams of medical experts to 19 countries to support their fight against COVID-19, Li said.