据官媒报道，应东盟轮值主席国菲律宾总统小费迪南德·马科斯的邀请，中国国务院总理李克强于周日抵达马尼拉，出席第29次中国-东南亚国家联盟（东盟）领导人会议。
Chinese Premier Li Qiang arrived in Manila on Sunday to attend the 29th China-Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit at the invitation of Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., the bloc's rotating chair, state media reported.
总部位于北京的新华社报道称，此次会议将在周日在菲律宾首都开幕的为期三天的第49届东盟峰会及系列会议期间举行。D中国外交部发言人本周早些时候表示，中方希望通过此次峰会，同东盟国家一道巩固团结互信，凝聚合作共识，推动中国-东盟自贸区尽早生效并升级议定书，深化人工智能、数字经济、能源安全、互联互通、减贫等领域合作。今年是东盟-中国建立全面战略伙伴关系五周年。
The meeting will take place alongside the three-day 49th ASEAN Summit and Related Summits, which began on Sunday in the Philippine capital, the Beijing-based Xinhua News Agency reported. Through the summit, China aims to work with ASEAN countries to strengthen solidarity and mutual trust, build consensus on cooperation, facilitate the early entry into force of the China-ASEAN Free Trade Area, upgrade protocols and deepen cooperation in AI, the digital economy, energy security, interconnectivity and poverty reduction, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said earlier this week. This year marks the fifth anniversary of the ASEAN-China Comprehensive Strategic Partnership.
中国国防部长董军上个月缺席了在马尼拉举行的东南亚国防部长及其对话伙伴会议。
Chinese Defense Minister Dong Jun skipped a meeting of Southeast Asian defense chiefs and their dialogue partners in Manila last month.
北京没有派国防部长出席会议，而是派出了中国驻菲律宾国防武官。
Instead of its defense chief, Beijing sent its defense attache in the Philippines to the meeting.