Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Geng Shuang's Regular Press Conference on September 17

一、第73届联合国大会将于9月18日在纽约联合国总部开幕，并于25日起举行一般性辩论。国务委员兼外交部长王毅将率团出席联大一般性辩论并发言，全面阐述中国对当前国际形势、重大国际和地区问题的立场和主张，表明中国愿同联合国会员国一道坚持多边主义，维护联合国的权威和作用，共同促进世界和平与发展的决心。 

　　应多米尼加外长巴尔加斯、圭亚那副总统兼外长格里尼奇和苏里南外长拜赫勒邀请，王毅国务委员兼外长将于9月20日至23日对多米尼加、圭亚那、苏里南三国进行正式访问。双方将就双边关系及共同关心的议题交换意见。 

The 73rd session of the UN General Assembly will open at the UN Headquarters in New York on September 18 and the General Debate will be held on September 25. State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi will head a delegation to attend the General Debate and deliver a speech. He will expound on China's stance and proposition on the current international landscape and major international and regional issues, demonstrate China's resolution to maintain multilateralism, uphold the authority and role of the UN and promote world peace and development along with other UN members. 

At the invitation of Foreign Minister Miguel Vargas Maldonado of the Dominican Republic, Guyanan Vice President and Minister of Foreign Affairs Carl Gary Greenidge and Surinamese Minister of Foreign Affairs Yldiz Deborah Pollack-Beighle, State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi will pay offical visits to the Dominican Republic, Guyana and Suriname from September 20 to 23. They will exchange views on bilateral relations and other issues of mutual interest. 

　　二、外交部和山东省人民政府将于9月20日上午9:30在外交部南楼举行外交部山东全球推介活动，主题是“新时代的中国：新动能 新山东 与世界共赢”。届时，国务委员兼外交部长王毅将发表致辞，山东省委书记刘家义、省长龚正将分别讲话和推介，外国驻华使节代表将应邀发言并与来宾互动交流。 

　　近年来，山东坚定践行新发展理念，深入推进供给侧结构性改革，率先实施新旧动能转换，积极推动经济高质量发展，取得了重要成就，并在建设海洋强省、打造对外开放新高地、实施乡村振兴战略和弘扬优秀传统文化等方面作出了生动实践。相信此次推介活动将通过讲述山东新旧动能转换、经济转型升级和持续扩大对外开放故事，展现山东的厚重历史文化魅力和发展潜力。欢迎大家积极参与并采访报道此次活动。 

The Foreign Ministry and the People's Government of Shandong Province will hold a promotion event here at 9:30 am on September 20 under the theme of "China in the New Era: New Shandong with New Growth Drivers, A Win-Win for the World". State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi will deliver a speech. Party Secretary Liu Jiayi and Governor Gong Zheng of Shandong Province will also address the event. Representatives of foreign diplomats in China are invited to make remarks and interact with the guests. 

In recent years, Shandong Province has firmly followed through on new development concept, advanced the supply-side structural reform in an in-depth way, taken the lead in replacing old growth drivers with new ones, vigorously boosted high-quality economic development and  scored important achievements. It has also set a good example in building a province with strength in ocean industries, emerging as a new front-runner of opening-up, implementing the rural vitalization strategy and carrying forward the fine traditional culture. We believe that this promotion event with focuses on Shandong's shifting from old growth drivers to new ones, economic transformation and upgrading and continuous expansion of opening-up will showcase the province's long-standing historical and cultural appeal and development potential.We look forward to your attendance at and coverage of this event.