ON Thursday, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee of the United States passed the ‘Ending China’s developing nation status Act’ without dissent.
Under the said legislation, China’s status as a ‘developing nation’ would be removed.
The bill would mandate the secretary of state to pursue changing China’s status as a developing nation in international organizations.
It was argued by advocates of the bill that possessing this status can result in receiving exceptional treatment in some organizations or agreements.
The said measure will now move forward to be discussed by all members of the Senate after receiving approval from the committee, however, no timeline has yet been specified.
Meanwhile, in response, spokesperson for China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs Wang Wenbin said Friday,
“The US is not labeling China a “developed country” out of appreciation or recognition for China’s development success. The real motive behind ending China’s developing country status is to hold back China’s development.”
“It’s not up to the US to decide whether China is a developing country. The US can neither deny the fact that China is still a developing country, nor stop China from moving towards national rejuvenation. Rather than try to figure out how to pin the label of “developed country” on China, the US might want to think about how to remove its own label of a bully and hegemon,” Wang Wenbin, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson said.
