习近平将出席哈尔滨第九届亚洲冬季运动会开幕式并举行外事活动

第九届亚洲冬季运动会开幕式2月7日晚在黑龙江省哈尔滨市举行。国家主席习近平将出席开幕式并宣布本届亚冬会开幕。

7日中午，习近平主席将为来华出席开幕式的外国领导人举行欢迎宴会。

出席开幕式的外国领导人有：文莱苏丹哈桑纳尔、吉尔吉斯斯坦总统扎帕罗夫、巴基斯坦总统扎尔达里、泰国总理佩通坦、韩国国会议长禹元植等。

届时，中央广播电视总台将对开幕式进行现场直播，新华网进行图文直播。

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.