American flag was lowered from the building of the US Consulate General in Chengdu, China

The website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the PRC reports that the last employee of the diplomatic mission officially left the building at 10:00 (05:00 Moscow time).

The Chinese Foreign Ministry demanded the closure of the US Consulate General in Chengdu on July 24 in response to the closure of the PRC Consulate General in Houston on July 22, which the State Department called a “center of espionage” and accused of helping the PRC intelligence.