Chang'an Street Governor WeChat Official Account | Reporter Liu Xiaoyan
htmlOn September 19, Foreign Ministry spokesman Mao Ning presided over a regular press conference.
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CCTV reporter: Last Friday, President Xi Jinping ended the highly anticipated journey to Central Asia. During this visit, President Xi attended the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Samarkand Summit and paid a state visit to Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan . International public opinion generally believes that President Xi’s visit is of great strategic significance. How does China evaluate the results and significance of this visit?
Mao Ning: President Xi Jinping’s trip to Central Asia is a landmark and important visit conducted at a key historical node. After the visit, State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi gave a detailed introduction to the visit. President Xi Jinping stayed in Central Asia for 48 hours and attended nearly 30 bilateral and multilateral events intensively, with many highlights and fruitful results. This visit has effectively promoted the development of Shanghai Cooperation Organization into a new stage and led China's relations with relevant countries to a new level.
During the SCO meeting in Samarkand, President Xi Jinping delivered an important speech, put forward major initiatives and propositions on strengthening unity and promoting the development of SCO , emphasizing the need to increase mutual support, expand security cooperation, deepen pragmatic cooperation, strengthen cultural exchanges, and adhere to multilateralism. China also announced the establishment of the China-SCO Counter-Terrorism Professional Training Base, the holding of the industrial chain and supply chain forum, the establishment of the China-SCO Big Data Cooperation Center, and the provision of 1.5 billion yuan of emergency humanitarian food assistance to developing countries in need, etc. China's propositions and initiatives have received positive responses from all parties. This summit achieved three historical bests: First, the number of results documents is the largest, and a total of 44 results documents have been passed. Second, the scope of participation was the widest. A total of 14 national leaders attended the meeting, including the member states, observer states, and presidency guests, and heads of 9 international organizations and mechanisms including , UN , attended the meeting. Third, the largest expansion scale. The summit signed a memorandum on the obligation of Iran to join the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, launched the procedure to receive Belarus as a member state, approved Egypt , Saudi , Qatar , agree to Bahrain , Maldives , UAE, Kuwait , Myanmar as new dialogue partners.
President Xi Jinping’s state visit to Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan has achieved fruitful results, and has reached broad consensus on the next step of cooperation between China and Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan and Uzbekistan and Uzbekistan and ushered in a new chapter of good neighborly and friendship between China and Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan and Uzbekistan. China, Kazakhstan and Ukraine have launched the practice of the concept of a community with a shared future at the bilateral level, which is an integral part of building a community with a shared future for mankind. It will better benefit the people of the Three Kingdoms and will also contribute to regional peaceful development.
President Xi Jinping also held bilateral meetings with the leaders of the 10 countries attending the SCO Summit at the time of the appointment, and attended the trilateral meeting between China, Russia and Mongolia to deepen strategic communication with all parties. The topics are extensive, the exchanges are in-depth and the results are pragmatic, which is of great significance to leading bilateral relations and inject positive energy into the peaceful development of the Eurasian continent.
Through this visit, we strongly feel the firm support of the international community for China and the eager expectation of deepening friendly cooperation with China. Under the leadership of President Xi Jinping, China has always been a constructive force in international relations. It will continue to promote dialogue and cooperation, promote unity and opening up, maintain peace and development, and play a greater role in the long-term stability and sustainable development of the Eurasian continent and even the world.
Shenzhen Satellite TV Reporter: Recently, the 19th China- ASEAN Expo and the China-ASEAN Business and Investment Summit were held in Nanning, Guangxi. As a traditional project of economic and trade cooperation between China and ASEAN since 2004, what are the special significance and achievements of this year's China International Expo?
Mao Ning: This year is the beginning of the China-ASEAN comprehensive strategic partnership , and it is also the first year for the implementation of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (RCEP). This year's East China Expo held 40 investment promotion activities with the theme of "Share new opportunities in RCEP and promote the 3.0 version of the China-ASEAN Free Trade Zone". It has held 40 investment promotion activities, with 1,653 exhibitors, and more than 2,000 companies participating in the Yunshang East China Expo.The parties to this year's China International Import Expo signed a total of 267 cooperation projects with a total investment of 413 billion yuan, an increase of 37% over the previous session, and the total investment of signed projects hit a record high.
Han Zheng, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Vice Premier of the State Council, attended the opening ceremony of the China International Fair and delivered a keynote speech. Malaysian Prime Minister Ismail, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, Philippine President Marcos and other leaders of seven ASEAN countries and ASEAN Secretary-General delivered speeches through video. All parties agreed that RCEP should be implemented with high quality, build the 3.0 version of the China-ASEAN Free Trade Zone, and promote the deep integration of the industrial chain, supply chain and value chain.
We believe that as an important platform for deepening China-ASEAN cooperation and promoting regional economic integration, the ASEAN Expo will add new momentum and provide new opportunities for promoting sustainable recovery after the epidemic and building an open regional economy.
Pengpai News reporter: According to Japanese media reports, Japan's Tokyo Electric Power Company recently announced that it had sampled and analyzed the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant nuclear contaminated water after purified by the multiple nuclide processing system (ALPS), and found that the activity concentration of strontium-90 is about 3 times the national standard value of the Japanese national standard. What is China’s comment on this?
Mao Ning: I noticed the above report. This fully demonstrates that the international community's concerns about the reliability of Japanese data, the effectiveness of purification devices, and the uncertainty of environmental impacts are completely reasonable. It is extremely irresponsible that Japan insists on forcibly promoting the construction of the sea discharge plan and the sea discharge pipeline project when there are many doubts about the nuclear pollution water discharge plan and the reasonable concerns of the international community have not been properly resolved.
The ocean is not Japan's trash can, and the Pacific Ocean is not Japan's sewer. China once again urges Japan to stop forcibly pushing out nuclear-polluted water discharge, seriously respond to the legitimate concerns of all countries, effectively fulfill its international obligations, fully consult with stakeholders and relevant international agencies, including neighboring countries, and find proper solutions to nuclear-polluted water in a scientific, open, transparent and safe way.
Reuters Reporter: Taiwan’s representative to the UK was invited to sign the Queen’s condolence book. What is the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ comment on this?
Mao Ning: Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party authorities used mourning activities to engage in political hype and make political articles, which is disgusting. This cannot change the fact that Taiwan is part of China, and the political plots of the Taiwan authorities cannot succeed.
Indian Broadcasting Corporation reporter: Last week, China once again blocked the UN's proposal to list Sajid Mir, the leader of the laity Sajid Mir, headquartered in Pakistan , for the third time in the past three months. Mir was involved in the 2008 Mumbai attack and the attacks in the United States, Denmark . Why does China do this? As a permanent member of the Security Council, what message does China want to convey to the world on the issue of counter-terrorism?
Mao Ning: What you mentioned should be the issue of the listing of the 1267 Committee of the Security Council. The 1267 Committee of the Security Council has clear regulations on the listing and procedures of terrorist organizations or individuals. China has always strictly followed the committee rules and procedures and participated in the work of the 1267 committee with a constructive and responsible attitude.
Follow-up question: You and your colleagues have mentioned "programs" in the past three months. So in terms of procedures, does China no longer obstruct or oppose the listing schedule?
Mao Ning: China's actions on the 1267th Committee of the Security Council have always complied with relevant rules and procedures. We will continue to work with a constructive and responsible attitude.
