China on Thursday rejected the claim by the United States that it seeks "de-risking" instead of "decoupling" from China, stressing that the real risk facing the world is a "new Cold War."

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken told reporters following a ministerial meeting of the U.S.-EU Trade and Technology Council on Wednesday that Washington and Brussels are not looking for "decoupling" from China but are focused on "de-risking."

In response, Mao Ning, a spokesperson for the Chinese Foreign Ministry, stressed the importance of defining "risks." "'De-risking' has become a buzzword recently. But first and foremost, we need to identify what the 'risks' are when we talk about 'de-risking,'" Mao told a regular press briefing in Beijing.

China pursues a high-level opening up and provides a market-oriented, law-based and internationalized environment for businesses from all over the world, she said.

China carries out economic, trade, and science and technology investment and cooperation with other countries in the spirit of mutual respect, mutual benefit and win-win outcome, Mao continued.

She added that China upholds international fairness and justice, and promotes the resolution of disagreements through dialogue and consultation.

"A China like this poses no risk but offers opportunities," she said.

The spokesperson underscored that the real risk facing the world is to provoke camp confrontation or a "new Cold War," to interfere in the internal affairs of other countries and create regional turmoil and chaos, to politicize economic, trade and technology issues and destabilize the global production and supply chain, and to transfer economic and financial risks to other countries to harvest global wealth in a cyclical manner.

"The international community should be vigilant and work together to fight against these risks," she said.

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