Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hong Lei announces at the regular press conference:

At the invitation of Olga Golodets, Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation and co-chair of the Organizing Committee for the China-Russia Youth Friendly Exchanges Year, Liu Yandong, Vice Premier of the State Council and co-chair of the Organizing Committee for the China-Russia Youth Friendly Exchanges Year, will travel to Russia to attend the opening ceremony of the China-Russia Youth Friendly Exchanges Year from March 27 to 29.