NATO must stop slandering China, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said at a briefing on Thursday, commenting on the alliance's new strategic concept.

According to the diplomat, NATO's new strategic concept ignores facts, passing off black as white, denigrates China's foreign policy, makes irresponsible remarks about China's normal military development and national defense policy, and encourages confrontation and Cold War mentality and ideological bias.

China is seriously concerned about this and strongly opposes it, Zhao Lijian said.

NATO, in its new strategic concept, argues that China's policy is contrary to the interests and values ​​​​of the organization.

The new NATO strategic concept for the period up to 2030 was approved at the summit in Madrid. The NATO Strategic Concept is the key document of the alliance. It reaffirms NATO's values, the goals of the organization, and provides a collective assessment of the security situation.

According to NATO, China uses a set of political, economic and military measures to strengthen its presence in the world. The alliance indicated that China's intentions and goals of its military strengthening remain vague.