(Washington / Beijing Comprehensive News) A survey by the U.S. Congress stated that China had tried to establish a lineman network within the US Federal Reserve System and threatened him to provide non -non -Federal economists when he visited Shanghai and threatened him to provide non -non -non -non -non -non -officersPublic economic data.
According to the Wall Street Journal, the survey was launched by the Republican staff of the US Senate's Land and Safety and Government Affairs Committee, and the investigation report was announced on Tuesday (July 26).
The report states that China has provided the Federal Reserve employees with a talent recruitment plan, and asked the Federal Reserve employees to provide information about the US economy, interest rate changes and policies.
The report also said that Chinese officials detained a Federal Reserve economist visiting Shanghai in 2019 and tried to coerce him to disclose data and information about US government policies including tariffs.It is playing a trade war.
According to the report, China ’s actions in the Federal Reserve’ s establishment of a line -owner network began around 2013 and it took 10 years, but the report did not indicate whether any sensitive information was leaked during the process.The investigation led by the Republican Party also pointed out that the Federal Reserve failed to take adequate response measures.
The Fed analyzes a wide range of American economic activities and supervises the US financial system to formulate US interest rate policies.
Jerome Powell, Chairman of the Federal Reserve, strongly questioned the results of the survey and pointed out that the description of some Federal Reserve employees in the report was unfair to some Federal Reserve employees.He emphasized in the letter of the most high -level Republican member Rob Portman, the highest intermediate level to the land security and government affairs committee, emphasized that the Federal Reserve's project, control, and technology are perfect and regularly updated;Data and information transfer.
Portman said in a statement: "I am worried about the threat of the Federal Reserve." He said, hoping that the survey would make the Fed aware of China's extensive threat to the US monetary policy, and the risk is obvious.Essence
Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Zhao Lijian responded to the incident at a regular press conference on Wednesday (July 27), saying that the report was a political lies for a few Republican members of the maliciously produced by a few Republican members, and there was no factual basis.He said: "Some politicians in the United States are afraid to have 'Chinese phobia' '‘ persecution delusion ”, and it seems that the illness is not mild."
