BEIJING, October 20. /TASS/. The Chinese government has evacuated over 5,200 Chinese citizens from Ukraine since the escalation of tensions,

Chinese Deputy Foreign Minister Ma Zhaoxu said on Thursday at a press conference on the sidelines of the 20th Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) in Beijing.

"After the escalation of tensions in Ukraine, our diplomats, who acted in accordance with the decisions and instructions of the CPC Central Committee, promptly evacuated over 5,200 of our compatriots, they are healthy and unhurt," he said.

The 20th Congress of the Communist Party of China kicked off in Beijing on October 16th. It will renew the composition of the CPC Central Committee and the CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection. Amendments are to be made to the party charter. It will conclude on October 22, followed by the first plenum of the new Central Committee, which will elect the Secretary General and renew the Politburo and its Standing Committee.