On February 14, 2020, Xi Jinping Said the Outbreak Exposed Loopholes in Biosafety Management and Called for a Biosecurity Law
On February 14, 2020, in his first public remarks after the outbreak began, Xi Jinping said that the Wuhan epidemic had exposed China's shortcomings and loopholes in biological materials and biosafety management, called for the formulation of a new biosecurity law, and urged that biosecurity be incorporated into the national security system.