1月25日下午，国防部举行例行记者会，国防部新闻局局长、国防部新闻发言人吴谦大校答记者问。
记者：据报道，日本、俄罗斯和美国等太平洋沿岸国家的海军官员参加了在南京举行的西太海军论坛工作小组会，为4月在青岛举行的西太海军论坛年会奠定基础。请发言人进一步介绍有关情况。
Question: According to reports, delegates from Japan, Russia, the US and other Pacific countries attended a workshop of the Western Pacific Naval Symposium (WPNS) in Nanjing to prepare for the biennial meeting to be held in Qingdao in April. Can you give us more details?
吴谦：1月16日至18日，中国海军在南京承办西太平洋海军论坛2024年工作小组会，会议采取线下和线上相结合的方式展开，论坛23个成员国和7个观察员国约70名代表参会。此次会议就论坛《章程》修订、《海上意外相遇规则》使用情况、成立无人系统议题研究工作组并由中方担任协调国等10项议题，进行了友好、坦诚、建设性地研讨交流，形成一系列初步成果，并将提交论坛年会审议表决。
Wu Qian: The PLA Navy (PLAN) hosted the workshop of the Western Pacific Naval Symposium in Nanjing from January 16 to 18. The meeting, with both in-person and online participation, was attended by about 70 delegates from 23 WPNS member states and 7 observer states. The delegates had friendly, candid and constructive discussions on 10 subjects including the revision of the WPNS Business Charter, the use of the Code for Unplanned Encounters at Sea (CUES), and the establishment of a working group on unmanned system studies, with the Chinese side as the coordinator. A number of preliminary deliverables were agreed and will be submitted to the 19th biennial meeting for deliberation and vote.
今年4月，中方将在青岛举办第19届西太平洋海军论坛年会。同时恰逢人民海军成立75周年，海军还将举行系列活动。
China will host the 19th WPNS biennial meeting in Qingdao in April. Since the timing coincides with the 75th anniversary of the founding of the people’s navy, the PLAN will also host many other activities.
