法新社成都站记者表示，中国政府对美国的反应相对而言比较克制：众多中国人在网上要求政府关闭美国驻香港领馆，但官方只是说“关闭成都美领馆是对美国不合理行为必要且合法的回应”。
AFP's Chengdu reporter said that the Chinese government's response to the US was relatively restrained: many Chinese people asked the government to close the U.S. Consulate in Hong Kong on the Internet, but officials only said that "the shutdown of the US Consulate in Chengdu is a necessary and legal response to the unreasonable behavior of the United States."