File photo: Ren Guoqiang, spokesman for China's defense ministry

China's necessary defense facility on its Nansha Islands is not targeting any country, spokesman for the Ministry of National Defense Ren Guoqiang, said at a press conference on Tuesday.  

The Nansha Islands are Chinese territory and China has every right to deploy troops on the reefs and build a necessary defense facility on the Islands, Ren told reporters per a question whether the defense activities are counter-measures towards US fleet maneuvers in the South China Sea area.