On September 12, the Chinese Embassy in Sri Lanka held a media briefing event at the Colombo Port City. More than 40 guests attended, including Ambassador Qi Zhenhong, Minister Counselor Zhu Yanwei, Counselor Tang Yandi, and representatives from certain Chinese companies, Sri Lankan mainstream media and social media celebrities.

Ambassador Qi delivered a welcome speech, thanking Sri Lankan media friends for continuously following China's development, China-Sri Lanka relations and bilateral exchanges in various fields. He stressed the long-term positive trajectory of Chinese economy and the broad prospect for China-Sri Lanka economic and trade cooperation. He refuted the fallacy of so-called Chinese "Debt Traps", emphasizing that the closer the relationship between the two countries, the more beneficial it is to Sri Lanka's development, and the more capable Sri Lanka is to resist external risks. Media professionals from both sides are highly expected to keep playing an important role in promoting bilateral interactions and people-to-people exchanges.

Minister Counselor Zhu Yanwei and Counselor Tang Yandi respectively introduced the guiding principles of the Third Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee and China-Sri Lanka economic and trade cooperation as well as assistance to Sri Lanka. Managers of the Colombo Port City project and of the Hambantota Port project respectively introduced the latest progress of their projects.

Following the abovementioned part, a Q&A session was held in a friendly and engaging manner.