Feature: Joint venture sets model for China-Russia cooperation in energy field

A man works on a well drilling field of the Udmurtia Petroleum Corp project in Udmurtia, a republic in western Russia, on June 2, 2017. On the vast east European plain 1,200 km east of Moscow, lines of pumping machines stand on the green grassland. It is the location of Udmurtia Petroleum Corp (UDM), an energy joint venture between Russia and China. The UDM was bought out by China Petroleum and Chemical Corp., also known as Sinopec, and Russian oil giant Rosneft in August 2006. (Xinhua/Bai Xueqi)