On April 21, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Guo Jiakun presided over a regular press conference.

A Bloomberg journalist asked: Former U.S. Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley posted that the vessel seized by the United States in the Strait of Hormuz was en route from China to Iran and was linked to the shipment of chemicals used in missile manufacturing. What is China's comment on this?

Guo Jiakun stated: "As far as I have learned, this is a foreign-registered container vessel. China opposes any malicious association and sensationalism. "