According to the foreign ministry website, foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian presided over today's regular press conference. The actual record of the press conference is as follows: Shenzhen satellite TV: on the 22nd, German navy commander schenbach said in an interview that the "explosive growth" of China's navy is equivalent to increasing the scale of a French Navy every four years, which is worrying. He understood that China wants to have a blue water navy. The question is whether China follows the rule-based international order. Germany announced its Indo Pacific Policy in 2020. Sending warships to the South China Sea this time is the first step. Next, we hope to establish a regular mechanism every two to three years. What is China's comment on this? Zhao Lijian: it is exaggeration to say that China's military strength is "explosive growth", and it is unnecessary to express "concern". China firmly pursues a defensive national defense policy and has always been a builder of world peace, a contributor to global development, a defender of the international order and a provider of public goods. China's development of necessary military capabilities is entirely justified and reasonable in order to safeguard its legitimate national security interests. No country will be threatened by China's national defense forces as long as it has no intention of threatening to damage China's sovereignty, security and territorial integrity. At present, with the joint efforts of China and ASEAN countries, the situation in the South China Sea remains generally stable. Extraterritorial countries should respect the efforts of countries directly concerned to maintain peace and stability. We have repeatedly stressed that what countries all over the world generally recognize and jointly safeguard can only be an international order based on international law, and what they can jointly abide by can only be the basic norms of international relations based on the purposes and principles of the United Nations Charter. What really needs vigilance and opposition is that individual countries often send ships and planes to the South China Sea to "show their muscles" and openly sow discord among regional countries. If Germany wants to expand its military strength, break through its policy taboos and highlight its military presence abroad, it doesn't have to talk about China. Australian satellite TV: on December 22, the United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution on humanitarian assistance in Afghanistan. Could you brief us on the situation? Zhao Lijian: yesterday, the Security Council unanimously adopted resolution 2615 on humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan. As a friendly neighbor and sincere friend of Afghanistan, China attaches great importance to the humanitarian situation in Afghanistan and helps Afghanistan solve its economic and livelihood difficulties in various ways. At the same time, it also supports the United Nations to play a greater coordinating role and calls on all international partners to increase their assistance to Afghanistan. China has always believed that humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan itself does not violate Security Council resolutions. Under no circumstances should humanitarian assistance be attached with any conditions, let alone politicized. The Security Council should play a constructive role on the issue of humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan. Any action should help clarify questions and facilitate the timely, smooth and barrier free development of humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan. During the consultations on this resolution, some members of the Security Council proposed to set a time limit and specify the scope of donors. They also formulated a cumbersome reporting mechanism, artificially setting restrictions and conditions for the provision of humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan, which deviated from the original intention. China has always participated in the consultations with a constructive attitude and put forward suggestions for revision. Finally, the resolution adopted China's views, which was adopted by the Security Council unanimously, clarified key issues, and provided a clear legal basis for continuing humanitarian assistance in Afghanistan. We should also see that since the fundamental change in the situation in Afghanistan in August this year, 39 million Afghan people have faced a humanitarian crisis. The United States and relevant NATO countries are responsible for the current situation in Afghanistan. They should seriously reflect on their actions, unfreeze Afghanistan's overseas assets as soon as possible, and work with the international community to help Afghanistan recover its economy and development and alleviate the difficulties faced by the Afghan people. Kyodo News Agency: an American professor from Harvard University was convicted on Tuesday of lying about his relationship with China's "thousand people plan". Some people think that the "thousand people plan" needs to be vigilant. What's your comment on this? Zhao Lijian: I responded to this yesterday. Please refer to the actual record of yesterday's press conference. Surging news reporter: 22, the US State Department spokesman said US Secretary of state Blinken spoke with the senior representative of the European Union's foreign and security policy on the same day, Borrelli. The two sides expressed concern about China's escalating political pressure and economic coercion against Lithuania, and pointed out that China's behavior is affecting American and European enterprises. In the face of China's coercion, the two sides stressed that they would continue to unite with Li and strengthen economic resilience. Borrell said that China's unilateral actions have seriously affected not only the trade between China and Liberia, but also the trade between China and enterprises of other EU Member States. The EU will respond in unity. What is China's comment on this? Zhao Lijian: Lithuania has made serious mistakes on the Taiwan related issue. Lithuania not only does not admit and correct its mistakes, but repeatedly lies, shirks responsibility and confuses the public. The United States and Europe are well aware of this. What the US and the EU should do is to urge the parties to admit and correct their mistakes as soon as possible, rather than deliberately protecting their weaknesses regardless of the facts. The United States and Europe use this groundless accusation against China to confuse right and wrong, violate morality and morality, and damage the image of the United States and Europe. Facts have repeatedly proved that the United States is the "master" of various forms of unilateral bullying and coercive diplomacy. The United States, in accordance with its domestic law, unreasonably initiated various types of unilateral sanctions and long arm jurisdiction, abused state power and unreasonably suppressed other countries' institutions, enterprises and individuals. There are numerous examples. The US approach has been widely opposed by the international community. If the EU wants to maintain a fair and reasonable international order, it should distinguish between right and wrong, uphold an objective and fair position, and take practical actions to maintain the healthy and stable development of China EU relations, rather than dancing with the United States and standing on the wrong side of morality and morality. Novel coronavirus pneumonia, a new Hubei people's health and health care center, has recently released the American human rights law disaster report. The report says that the United States government has failed to put its people's lives and health in the most important position in the face of the outbreak of the new crown pneumonia epidemic. It has become a stumbling block for international cooperation in the international epidemic of disease, resulting in a serious humanitarian disaster. "The disaster is not a serious problem," said radio and television reporter of the Huazhong University of Science and Technology. The root of the failure of American anti epidemic lies in the defects of American system, the dislocation of value and the serious neglect of human rights. What is the speaker's comment on this? Zhao Lijian: I have taken note of the relevant report. As of December 22nd, novel coronavirus pneumonia deaths in the United States exceeded 810 thousand, with more than 51 million confirmed cases, accounting for 15% and 19% of the total global pneumonia respectively. As one of the countries with the most advanced medical technology and the most abundant medical resources in the world, the United States has become the country with the most serious epidemic situation, causing serious humanitarian disasters at home and abroad. At the domestic level, the former US government deliberately played down the epidemic risk and issued false information to mislead the people, resulting in the waste of the "Golden Window" of epidemic prevention and control. Conflicts between the two parties and between the federal and state governments over prevention and control measures and rescue plans have led to the loss of a large number of people's lives and the plight of vulnerable groups. The former U.S. government stigmatized the epidemic in order to transfer pressure, resulting in a sharp increase in racial discrimination and hate crimes against Asians in the United States. The survey shows that in 2020, the number of hate crimes against Asian Americans in the United States increased by 76%, and a quarter of Asian American young people have become the targets of racial discrimination and bullying. At the international level, the United States is busy throwing the blame while concocting various conspiracy theories to politicize and weaponize the epidemic, which has caused great interference and destruction to international anti epidemic and traceability cooperation. In the context of the epidemic, the unilateral sanctions imposed by the United States on Iran, Cuba, Venezuela, Syria and other countries have increased unabated, making it difficult for these countries to obtain the medical supplies and humanitarian assistance needed for the fight against the epidemic in time, which has increased man-made obstacles for these countries to fight the epidemic. The right to life is a basic right enjoyed by citizens. This is a right expressly recognized in the declaration of independence and the United States Constitution. However, the US government has ignored the right to life of its own people and the people of the world, and has staged a series of dramas of weak resistance to the epidemic and blaming the pot, once again exposing the hypocrisy of the so-called "beacon of democracy" and "Defender of human rights" claimed by the US side. Reporter from Beijing Daily: it is understood that China will provide police supplies to Solomon Islands and send a police advisory team. What is China's comment on this? Zhao Lijian: in late November, serious anti-government riots occurred in the capital of Solomon Islands. China firmly supports the efforts of the Sri Lankan government to maintain domestic stability, firmly safeguard China Sri Lanka relations and the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese citizens in Sri Lanka, and strongly condemns all illegal acts of violence. At the request of the Solomon Islands Government, China will urgently provide a batch of police anti riot materials to the Institute and send a temporary police advisory team. Chinese materials and personnel will arrive at the police station in the near future to play a constructive role in improving their own capacity. CCTV reporter: on the 21st, SCO Secretary General Vladimir norov said in an interview with reporters that the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games will be a wonderful international sports event, and I believe the event will reflect the highest level. What is China's comment on this? Zhao Lijian: we appreciate Secretary General norov's statement. Yesterday, when state councilor and foreign minister Wang Yi held a video meeting with Icelandic foreign minister gilfadotir, the Icelandic foreign minister also congratulated the smooth progress of the preparations for the Beijing Winter Olympic Games, believed that China would successfully host the Winter Olympic Games, and said that Iceland would actively participate in the Winter Olympic Games. Recently, my colleagues and I have also repeatedly introduced the voice of justice of the International Olympic Committee, relevant international organizations and many national officials and Olympic Committees supporting the Beijing Winter Olympic Games. At present, the preparations for the Beijing Winter Olympic Games are progressing steadily. We firmly believe that with the joint efforts of all parties, Beijing, China will be able to present a simple, safe and wonderful winter Olympic event to the world. Reporter from Taiwan Guoguang: We noted that yesterday, the second International Symposium on counter-terrorism was successfully held through the combination of online and offline. Officials, heads of counter-terrorism research institutions, experts and scholars from 16 countries attended the seminar. Can you give us more information? Zhao Lijian: on December 22, the second International Symposium on counter-terrorism, hosted by the China Academy of modern international relations and co sponsored by the China Academy of international studies, was successfully held through a combination of online and offline. The theme was "new counter-terrorism situation, new threats, new challenges and joint response to new measures". Assistant Foreign Minister Wu JiangHao attended and delivered a keynote speech. China pointed out at the meeting that in 2021, international terrorist activities will enter a new cycle. We must learn from historical experience and lessons, adhere to the concept of common, comprehensive, cooperative and sustainable global security, establish the awareness of a community of shared destiny, highlight the central role of the United Nations, strengthen capacity-building in developing countries, adhere to the principle of addressing both symptoms and root causes, and work together to deal with new threats and challenges of terrorism. China emphasizes that the "East Iran movement" is a terrorist organization listed by the 1267 Committee of the United Nations Security Council. Its activities have been rampant, which not only seriously endangers China's security and stability, but also a real threat to the international community. All countries should fully understand the violent and terrorist nature of the terrorist organization and continue to resolutely crack down with China. Some countries have materialized counter-terrorism politics, groundlessly discredited and accused the international community of legitimate counter-terrorism and depolarization measures, and even used terrorist forces to seek geopolitical self-interest. Counter terrorism should not become a tool for the game of great powers, a geopolitical chip, nor an excuse to interfere in the internal affairs of other countries. The "flying machine" effect is not far away, which is worth remembering deeply. The participants focused on "international counter-terrorism"