Chinese President Hu Jintao (R) shakes hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, March 26, 2007. (Xinhua/Lan Hongguang) Photo Gallery>>>
MOSCOW, March 26 (Xinhua) -- Visiting Chinese President Hu Jintao and Russian President Vladimir Putin Monday vowed to boost cooperation in trade, investment, energy and other sectors.
In a joint statement signed by the two leaders Monday, Hu and Putin noted the vigorous development of trade cooperation between the two countries in recent years.
With the significantly increasing trade volume, the expanding scale of cooperation in investment, economy and technology, as well as more active regional and enterprise exchanges, opportunities have emerged for a rapid development of bilateral trade cooperation, the statement said.
The two sides will further improve the mechanism of regular prime ministers' meetings and make full of it to push forward the cooperation in various industrial sectors, especially in engineering, electricity and high-technology, said the statement.
According to the statement, Russia and China will also strengthen investment cooperation, encourage and protect mutual investment among enterprises, improve the quality and level of investment, and create a friendly environment for enterprise cooperation.
Both sides pay high attention to energy cooperation between the two countries. Fully acknowledging the achievements already made between the two sides in oil and gas cooperation, China and Russia promised to gradually implement more large-scale energy cooperation projects, support Chinese and Russian companies to make more oil, gas, and electricity cooperation deals, and to cement and develop comprehensive, long-term strategic cooperative relations in energy industry.
In the statement, the two sides also agreed to develop cooperation in other areas such as agriculture, medical treatment, machine building, aviation and automobile manufacturing, the promotion of scientific technologies, and many others.
President Hu arrived in Moscow Monday for a three-day state visit to Russia, during which he will attend events marking "the Year of China in Russia."
In addition to Putin, Hu will meet other Russian leaders to exchange views on the further development of the China-Russia strategic partnership of cooperation.
MOSCOW, March 26 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Hu Jintao arrived in Moscow on Monday for a state visit aimed at strengthening the Sino-Russian strategic partnership of cooperation.
In a written statement issued upon his arrival at the airport, Hu said that the year 2006 saw "important progress made in the development of Sino-Russian relations." Full story
Chinese President Hu Jintao arrived in Moscow on Monday for a state visit aimed at strengthening the Sino-Russian strategic partnership of cooperation. (Xinhua/Ma Zhancheng) Photo Gallery>>>
BEIJING, March 25 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Hu Jintao spoke highly of China-Russia relations before his upcoming Russia visit, saying his visit would achieve substantial fruits.
Hu made the remarks on Tuesday when meeting with the journalists from Russian media in advance of his Russia visit, which lasts from March 26 to 28. Xinhua was authorized to release the content of the interview on Sunday.
BEIJING, March 25 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Hu Jintao said ahead of his upcoming visit to Russia that China-Russia trade would reach 60 billion to 80 billion U.S. dollars by 2010.
"I believe the trade volume of the two countries would surely meet the target of 60 billion to 80 billion U.S. dollars by 2010 with deepening bilateral strategic partnership of cooperation," Hu told Russian journalist on Tuesday.
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