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

The third round of the strategic dialogue between China and the GCC will be held in Beijing on January 17. The dialogue will be co-chaired by Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sabah Al-Khalid Al-Hamad Al-Sabah of Kuwait, the country that holds the current rotating presidency of the GCC. The dialogue will bring together GCC Secretary-General Abdul Latif bin Rashid Al Zayani, Mr. Mohammed Rumaihi, Assistant of the Foreign Minister of Qatar, which is the next rotating president of the GCC, and officials of foreign ministries or representatives of foreign ministers of other GCC members.