U.S. aid projects are boycotted by Sri Lanka and other countries.

On November 3, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin hosted a regular press conference. A reporter asked a question:

According to reports, Sri Lankan President Rajapaksa stated in an interview

on November 1 that his government would never sign the “Millennium Year” with the United States. Challenge Company” (MCC) agreement. 

The agreement claimed to be aimed at providing investment in infrastructure projects in developing countries to help them

escape poverty, but it was resisted in many countries, such as Nepal and Sri Lanka, because many of its provisions placed U.S.

laws above the laws of the countries concerned. Infringe upon the sovereignty of the country concerned.