According to the website of the Ministry of foreign affairs, foreign ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin presided over a regular press conference on the 16th. The actual record of the press conference is as follows: The 2021 year "one belt, one road" International Cooperation summit Advisory Committee meeting will be held in the form of video on December 17th. State Councilor and foreign minister Wang Yi will attend the opening ceremony and deliver speeches. One belt, one road, is the International Advisory Committee. The Advisory Committee is composed of internationally renowned personalities including former politicians and experts and scholars. Its main function is to provide intellectual support for the "one belt and one way" International Cooperation Summit Forum and related international cooperation. CCTV: yesterday afternoon, the heads of state of China and Russia held a video meeting. Could the spokesman give further information? *** After the meeting, Vice Foreign Minister Le Yucheng also gave an interview to the media and introduced the meeting. The video meeting is the 37th meeting between the two heads of state in eight years. The two sides exchanged in-depth views and reached broad consensus on China Russia bilateral relations, practical cooperation in various fields and international strategic cooperation, which has injected strong impetus into the continued high-quality development of China Russia relations in the new year. The key to China Russia relations reaching today's height lies in the strategic guidance of the two heads of state. *** China will, as always, firmly support Russia's efforts to maintain long-term national stability. The two sides should carry out more joint actions to more effectively safeguard the security interests of both sides. We should share development opportunities, expand the cooperation cake, seize the opportunities of a new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial reform, and accelerate cooperation in cutting-edge science and technology industries. We should firmly grasp the correct direction of the development of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and maintain regional security and stability. China is willing to maintain high-level strategic cooperation with Russia and promote BRICs countries to comprehensively deepen cooperation in various fields. The two heads of state believe that China Russia relations are at the best period in history and continue to make new development from a higher starting point, in a wider scope and at a deeper level. The two heads of state reiterated that the two sides firmly safeguard the international system with the United Nations as the core and the international order based on international law, oppose unilateralism, power politics and provoking ideological disputes, and advocate maintaining international fairness and justice and promoting the democratization of international relations. The two heads of state announced that China and Russia will hold a sports exchange year in the next two years. In 2022, the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China will be held, and Russia will enter a critical period of implementing the national development goals by 2030. The two sides will continue to pursue the "four mutually firm supports", provide each other with development opportunities and strategic support, promote the sustained high-level and high-quality development of China Russia relations, make it a model of major country relations with the highest degree of mutual trust, the highest level of cooperation and the highest strategic value, and make greater contributions to promoting the construction of a new type of international relations and building a community with a shared future for mankind. Agence France Presse: yesterday, the United States announced sanctions against four Chinese entities and one individual, saying the move was aimed at preventing synthetic opioids and their precursors from entering the United States. What is China's response? Wang Wenbin: I would like to emphasize that the Chinese government has always adhered to the "zero tolerance" attitude towards the drug problem and strictly controlled all kinds of narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances and their chemical precursors. The efforts and achievements made by the Chinese government are obvious to the international community. China firmly opposes the wrong actions of the United States. It must be pointed out that China has listed all kinds of fentanyl substances, but the United States has not taken permanent measures until now. Previously, it also included the physical evidence identification center of the Ministry of public security and the national drug laboratory in the sanctions list. This wrong practice of "letting others take medicine when you are sick" is not constructive and will only interfere with China US drug law enforcement cooperation. We urge the US side to respect the facts, find out the causes of fentanyl abuse more from itself, and objectively and fairly evaluate China's efforts, rather than passing on contradictions and blaming other countries. Xinhua News Agency: on December 15, Premier Li Keqiang attended the dialogue meeting of the "Global CEO committee". Could the speaker give us some information Wang Wenbin: "the Global CEO committee" is composed of the chief executives of global well-known multinational companies or group presidents, and its members have broad representation and international influence. Yesterday, Premier Li Keqiang had in-depth interactive exchanges with the heads of nearly 30 Fortune 500 companies on topics such as innovation and development, green and low-carbon transformation, and new opportunities for the development of multinational companies in China. Premier Li appreciated the contributions made by multinational corporations to China's reform, opening up and modernization. He said that China is the largest developing country in the world and a developing market with great potential. China will continue to deepen reform and is committed to opening up to the outside world at a high level. The door of China's opening up will be wider and wider. We will continue to create a market-oriented, legal and international business environment, treat domestic and foreign enterprises equally and fairly, improve the foreign investment promotion and service system, and make China a strong and attractive investment destination for a long time. Premier Li pointed out that China will adhere to economic construction as the center, put steady growth in a more prominent position, keep the economic operation within a reasonable range and keep the fundamentals good for a long time. We welcome enterprises from all countries to continue to expand investment in China, deepen cooperation in various fields and achieve mutual benefit and win-win results. The entrepreneurs attending the meeting expressed that they are optimistic about China's economic development prospects, are willing to actively participate in and contribute to China's comprehensive modernization process, and hope to continue to strengthen cooperation with China in innovation, digital economy, health, food security, green and low-carbon transformation, sustainable development and other fields, work together to maintain the stability of global industrial chain supply chain and jointly promote world economic recovery. Reuters: it is reported that with the deterioration of relations between China and Lithuania, personnel of Lithuanian diplomatic institutions in China left China yesterday. What is China's comment on this? Wang Wenbin: in view of Lithuania's violation of its political commitments made in the communiqu é on the establishment of neutral diplomatic relations and its blatant fabrication of "one China, one Taiwan", China has announced that it will downgrade the diplomatic relations between the two countries to the level of agency, and formally sent a note to the third party, deciding to rename the Chinese diplomatic agency in the Republic of Lithuania as the agency of the people's Republic of China in the Republic of Lithuania, The Chinese side is required to change the title of diplomatic institutions in China accordingly. It should be noted that the claims that Lithuanian personnel in China are worried about their own safety and that the Chinese government prohibits Chinese employees from working for the office in China are purely groundless. China has always attached great importance to ensuring the safety of the premises and personnel of foreign diplomatic institutions in China and the normal work of diplomatic institutions in China, including Cuba. The third party has never mentioned any problems with its own security to the Chinese side. The merits of the damage to neutral relations are very clear. If the cube does not face up to the reality, does not reflect and correct its mistakes, but shirks its own responsibility, it will only have a greater impact on the relations between the two countries and hurt the feelings of the people of the two countries, and the cube itself will eventually be damaged. We urge the three parties to earnestly abide by the basic norms of international relations, earnestly fulfill their commitments and correct wrong acts that harm China's sovereignty and core interests as soon as possible. *** Wang Wenbin: on December 15, the Ministry of agriculture and rural areas awarded the first batch of China Africa Joint Center for modern agricultural technology exchange, demonstration and training in Haikou City, Hainan Province. These joint centers are important measures taken by China to implement one of the "nine projects" of China Africa practical cooperation announced at the eighth ministerial meeting of the Forum on China Africa Cooperation - "poverty reduction and benefiting agriculture project". The four joint centers listed in the first batch are located in Hainan, Jiangsu, Sichuan and Shaanxi provinces. They have their own characteristics in the fields of tropical crops, rice planting, aquaculture, dry farming, desertification prevention and control, and are highly in line with the needs of different agricultural development conditions of African countries. The joint center will further integrate resources, give better play to China's advantages in system, technology, industry, talents and facilities, serve as a good model in promoting China Africa agricultural cooperation, and make positive contributions to serving the overall development of China Africa friendly cooperation. What I want to emphasize is that one point of commitment and nine points of implementation. Two weeks after the forum, Somalia, Gambia, Mozambique, Niger and Cameroon have successively received new crown vaccines donated by China, and vaccine assistance to other African countries is also carried out in an orderly manner. The Tariff Commission of the State Council announced yesterday that giving 98% of the tariff products of the least developed countries zero tariff treatment will play a positive role in expanding China's imports from Africa and further sharing market opportunities with African countries. Recently, the China Africa innovation cooperation conference and the listing ceremony of the China Africa Joint Center for modern agricultural technology exchange, demonstration and training have also been held. These concrete actions to implement the outcomes of the forum reflect the distinctive characteristics of being practical and efficient. In the next step, China will continue to maintain close communication and cooperation with African members of the forum, implement the consensus of leaders of both sides and the measures of the forum, turn China's commitments into tangible and tangible fruits for the Chinese and African people, and promote the construction of a community with a shared future for China and Africa in a new era. Agence France Presse: earlier this week, one case of infection with Omicron mutant was detected in Guangzhou, and several cases were detected in Hong Kong. Will this affect the resumption of customs clearance between the mainland and the HKSAR? Wang Wenbin: I suggest you ask the competent department about this question. Bloomberg: Recently, some people infected with Omicron mutant have appeared in China. At present, there are different conclusions on whether the vaccine in China is still effective against the mutant strain. I would like to ask whether countries that have previously received Chinese vaccines such as Kexing require China to carry out corresponding research or provide more data? Wang Wenbin: I also suggest you ask the competent department about this question. As a principle, I can tell you that the safety and effectiveness of Chinese vaccines have been proved by facts. Surging news reporter: today is the 50 day countdown to the Beijing Winter Olympic Games. We can see that with the steady progress of the preparations for the Beijing Winter Olympic Games, the world's enthusiasm for the arrival of the ice and snow sports event is rising day by day. What is the speaker's comment on this? Wang Wenbin: the spokesman of the Beijing Winter Olympic Organizing Committee has repeatedly briefed you on the preparations for the Beijing Winter Olympic Games. At present, all work has been basically completed. On the special day of the 50 day countdown to the opening of the Beijing Winter Olympic Games, I feel the same as everyone else and look forward to the Beijing Winter Olympic Games. I also bought a commemorative badge for the 50 day countdown to the Beijing Winter Olympics. As far as I know, athletes from all over the world are eager to participate in relevant test competitions in China. They are using the last 50 days to step up hard training and strive to show their style and the charm of ice and snow sports in Beijing. We sincerely hope that athletes from all countries will make new breakthroughs in the Winter Olympics and applaud the wonderful performance of athletes from all countries. I hope you are like a lovely winter