The incident posed a "serious threat" to the life and safety of staff, and damaged facilities and property, the consulate said in a statement.
We condemn this violent attack and reserve the right to pursue responsibility for the incident, it said, adding it has lodged solemn representations to the US side.
On Tuesday, city police said that police officers fatally shot the driver of a vehicle that plowed through the Chinese consulate in San Francisco and into the lobby of the building's visa office, Reuters reported.
Official details of the incident were sketchy, and police said the identity of the motorist and what precipitated the crash were not yet known. There was no mention of anyone else being injured in the incident.
"I don't know how many people were inside the visa office at the time of the collision," San Francisco Police Department spokesperson Sergeant Kathryn Winters told reporters at a news briefing hours later.
"When officers arrived here on scene, they found the vehicle had come to rest inside the lobby of the Chinese Consulate. Officers entered, made contact with the suspect and an officer-involved shooting occurred," Winters said. "The suspect was later pronounced deceased at the hospital. This is an open and active investigation."
Police were coordinating with investigators from the US State Department, she said, adding, "There's very little information that we can give at this time."
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