Mar 04, 2016 06:41 PM

South China Sea Projects Are Not 'Militarization': NPC Meeting Spokeswoman

Fu Ying, the spokeswoman for the NPC's annual meeting, answers questions from reporters at the Great Hall of the People on March 4

(Beijing) – Building projects in the South China Sea do not amount to "militarization" of that body of water, a spokeswoman said at a news conference on March 4, a day before an annual meeting of the National People's Congress starts.

Fu Ying, the spokeswoman for the NPC meeting, made the comments on frictions over the South China Sea while answering questions from foreign and domestic reporters on a range of topics, from domestic policies to foreign relations.