Since September 29, the Korean side has exempted Chinese team tourists from visa trials. This is a positive response to China's start of visa-free trials in November last year. China and Korea have successively introduced visa facilitation measures, which are conducive to facilitating the exchange of personnel between the two sides, which are conducive to enhancing mutual understanding and friendship between the two sides, and are also conducive to the development of business between the two countries. Statistics and media reports from the Korean side show that recent sales of Korean Chinese tourists and businessmen in areas such as Seoul Min Hoole have increased significantly.

At the same time, we regret to note that individual Korean politicians spread false information, and individual far-right groups hold demonstrations and * against China from time to time in Myeongdong, Dalindong and other places where Chinese tourists are concentrated. Both China and South Korea explicitly oppose this. It is understood that some far-right forces in South Korea plan to hold an anti-China demonstration * in the center of Seoul tomorrow (October 3). They chose to do so on the festive days when the Chinese people celebrate the National Day and the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the Korean people celebrate the opening of the sky and the Mid-Autumn Festival, which has ulterior motives and is unpopular. The Chinese Embassy hereby once again reminds Chinese tourists in Korea and who intend to come to Korea to keep a high degree of vigilance and pay attention to personal safety. We also solemnly demand that the ROK earnestly protect the personal safety and legitimate rights and interests of Chinese citizens in South Korea.

Recently, senior officials of the South Korean government and people of insight from all walks of life have clearly pointed out that the anti-China words and deeds of a small number of forces have harmed South Korea's national image and interests and demanded a strict response. We believe that with the joint efforts of all walks of life in China and South Korea, the China-South Korea strategic cooperative partnership will surely develop positively and the plots of a few political forces will not succeed.