The State Council Information Office holds a press conference on the origins of COVID-19 in Beijing, capital of China, April 8, 2023. [Photo/VCG]

China has been transparent in sharing research results on the origins-tracing of SARS-CoV-2 with the international community, a Chinese health official said at a press conference on April 8, 2023.

"Since the outbreak of COVID-19, we have been actively communicating and cooperating with the World Health Organization (WHO) and invited the WHO to send international experts twice to conduct joint studies on SARS-CoV-2 origins-tracing in China," said Shen Hongbing, director of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (China CDC), while explaining China's efforts in this regard.