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Author : Li Hui
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People's Republic of China to the Russian Federation
CHINESE-RUSSIAN FRIENDSHIP is deeply
rooted in historical realities. The People's Republic
of China was proclaimed on October 1, 1949. On the
next day, the PRC and the USSR established diplo-
matic relations, and the Soviet Union became the first
country to officially recognize new China. During
those years, Chinese-Soviet, and subsequently Chi-
nese-Russian relations went through many trials and
stood the test of time. Being stable, robust, and ma-
ture, they have become a model of intergovernmental relations in the modern world. Chinese-
Russian relations have been currently going through the most favorable period in their history,
maintaining their high level and thus benefitting the peoples of both countries.
China and Russia have been actively looking for areas of common interest to promote cooper-
ation on the basis of mutual benefit and win-win solutions. Our two countries have been con-
tinuously stepping up their bilateral trade and economic cooperation, upgrading the quality and
raising the level of their interaction. In the new century, the parties already signed a number of
cooperation instruments both between the governments and individual enterprises relating to
the trade and economic activities, energy sources, financial investment, building of infrastructural
facilities, agriculture, humanitarian exchanges, education, cooperation at the grass-roots level,
ecology and environmental protection, defense, law-enforcement activities, security, and various
other fields.
In the past few years, humanitarian exchanges between China and Russia have been developing
at an accelerating pace.
China and Russia are determined to adhere to their chosen course of developing friendly rela-
tions, regardless of what changes may take place in the world or what difficulties or impediments
may emerge on the way.
Russia and China are the biggest neighbor states, great world powers, permanent members of
the U.N. Security Council, and countries with the dynamically developing economies. They also
have many areas of common interest, many opportunities for mutually advantageous partnership,
favorable conditions, and great potential for promoting bilateral relations and encouraging busi-
ness cooperation.
Facing a complicated and volatile international environment, as well as a grave economic situation
worldwide, the two parties should continuously strengthen their strategic interaction within the
framework of the United Nations, the G20, SCO, and BRICS, coordinate their activities designed
to solve issues in the Asia-Pacific Region, the Korean Peninsula, the Middle East, resolutely ad-
Further Development of Chinese-Russian Relations for the Bene-
fit of Both Countries