-- "China opposes 'vaccine nationalism'," said Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi. "We reject any 'vaccine divide' or any attempt to politicize vaccine cooperation."

-- China is ready to work with the United States to return bilateral relations to the right track of healthy and steady growth.

-- Slamming the Xinjiang genocide accusation as a "thorough lie" and a rumor fabricated with ulterior motives, Wang justified his comments with concrete figures.

BEIJING, March 7  -- China on Sunday proposed making the COVID-19 vaccines truly affordable and accessible for humanity as well as a healthy competition between the world's top two economies, injecting fresh certainties into the turbulent world.

The messages came as the long-lasting pandemic and the rising headwinds of protectionism are battering the already-fragile global economy in the midst of major changes unseen in a century.

"China hopes that all members of the international community can work together and let the torch of multilateralism light up humanity's way forward," Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi told a press conference on the sidelines of the country's ongoing annual "two sessions."