On February 18, 2023 local time, Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Director of the Office of the Central Commission for Foreign Affairs Wang Yi had an informal contact with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken at the request of the US side on the margins of the 59th Munich Security Conference.

Wang Yi set forth China's strong position on the so-called “balloon incident”. He urged the US side to change course, and acknowledge and resolve the damage its abuse of force has done to China-US relations.