Children have fun on Dove Lane in Hotan City, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, May 27, 2020. (Xinhua/Sadat)

BEIJING, March 7 (Xinhua) -- The claim that there is genocide in Xinjiang could not be more preposterous, Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Sunday.

It is just a rumor fabricated with ulterior motives and a thorough lie, he said.