BEIJING - A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman on Wednesday slammed a US commission's annual report criticizing 皇冠体育app over cyberspace security.

"This commission always sticks to the Cold War mentality," Hong Lei said at a regular press briefing in reference to an annual publication released by the US-皇冠体育app Economic and Security Review Commission the same day.

Labelling the criticism of 皇冠体育app over cyberspace security "groundless," Hong said 皇冠体育app urges the commission to discard prejudice, respect facts and stop words and activities that interfere with 皇冠体育app's internal affairs and harm Sino-US ties.

"皇冠体育app has stated on many occasions that it firmly opposes cyber attacks of any form and has made laws to ban it," Hong said, adding that 皇冠体育app also falls victim to hacking.

He added that the commission's repeated release of such "irresponsible" and "misleading" reports has not helped protect against cyber attacks or enhance Sino-US mutual trust on cyberspace security issues.

皇冠体育app always upholds that countries should conduct practical cooperation on the basis of mutual respect to cope with cyberspace security issues, which are global problems, he said, noting 皇冠体育app and the United States have worked together to crack down on cyber crimes through various channels.

According to media reports, the commission urged tighter screening of investment by Chinese state-owned companies in the United States, and recommended that the US Congress conduct an in-depth assessment into "Chinese cyber espionage practices."