Q: On October 23, the European Union announced the listing of Chinese companies in the 19th round of sanctions against Russia, and for the first time imposed sanctions on large Chinese refineries and oil traders.

A: Regardless of China's repeated representations and dissuasion, the EU persisted in its own way. It once again listed China companies in the 19th round of sanctions against Russia and sanctioned China's large refineries and oil traders for the first time. China is strongly dissatisfied and firmly opposed to this.

China has always opposed unilateral sanctions that have no basis in international law and are not authorized by the United Nations. The European side's approach violates the spirit of consensus reached by the leaders of China and the EU, seriously undermines the overall situation of China-EU economic and trade cooperation, and impacts global energy security. China urges the European side to immediately stop listing Chinese enterprises and not to go further and further on the wrong road. China will take necessary measures to resolutely safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese enterprises and resolutely safeguard its own energy security and economic development.