習近平將出席哈爾濱第九屆亞洲冬季運動會開幕式並舉行外事活動

第九屆亞洲冬季運動會開幕式2月7日晚在黑龍江省哈爾濱市舉行。國家主席習近平將出席開幕式並宣佈本屆亞冬會開幕。

7日中午，習近平主席將為來華出席開幕式的外國領導人舉行歡迎宴會。

出席開幕式的外國領導人有：汶萊蘇丹哈桑納爾、吉爾吉斯斯坦總統扎帕羅夫、巴基斯坦總統扎爾達裏、泰國總理佩通坦、南韓國會議長禹元植等。

屆時，中央廣播電視總臺將對開幕式進行現場直播，新華網進行圖文直播。

Xi to attend opening ceremony of 9th Asian Winter Games

Chinese President Xi Jinping will attend the opening ceremony of the 9th Asian Winter Games, which will be held on Friday in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province.

The top leader will also declare the Games open.

Xi will host a welcome banquet for foreign leaders attending the opening ceremony, including Sultan of Brunei Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu'izzaddin Waddaulah, Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov, Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari, Prime Minister of Thailand Paetongtarn Shinawatra, and National Assembly Speaker of the Republic of Korea Woo Won-shik.

The opening ceremony will be broadcast live by China Media Group. Xinhuanet will provide live coverage with photos and text updates.