The United States is seeking to maintain regional hegemony through its "Indo-Pacific Strategy," which seriously jeopardizes the overall and long-term interests of countries throughout the region, Zhang Zhenzhong, deputy chief of the Joint Staff Department in the Central Military Commission, told reporters on Saturday at the 19th Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore.

Zhang said the strategy is divisive, and designed to trap the Asia-Pacific region into a geopolitical game and confrontation.