A spokesperson of China's Permanent Mission to the United Nations on Thursday expressed concern over the leakage of a report on sanctions against the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).

China has noted that the 2021 Final Report drafted by the Panel of Experts of the Security Council's 1718 DPRK Sanctions Committee was leaked to the press and caused media hype and baseless accusations against China. China expresses concern and requests investigation by the UN Secretariat, said the unnamed spokesperson.