Beijing will retaliate if the US Congress passes legislation threatening sanctions against China over the coronavirus pandemic, the spokesman for the country's parliament said Thursday.

"We firmly oppose these bills, and will make a firm response and take countermeasures based on the deliberation of these bills," spokesman Zhang Yesui said at a news conference on the eve of the annual session of the National People's Congress.

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