China has acted in a fact-based manner and with an open, transparent and cooperative approach to maintain communications with the World Health Organization concerning the origins of the COVID-19, and provided the WHO missions support during their work in China, Premier Li Keqiang said on Thursday.

Noting the COVID-19 pandemic is a global public health crisis, Li said that like other countries, China also hopes to know the source of the virus as early as possible in order to better understand the spread of the virus and take more effective measures to contain it.

"Going forward, we will continue to work with the WHO in taking related work forward," Li said, adding China hopes that all countries will join hands to achieve an early victory over the virus.