Sino-Russian relations occupy a special position in the diplomacy of a big country with China characteristics. They are a model of stable, healthy and mature relations between countries, an important force for maintaining world peace and stability and promoting the construction of an open world economy, and a microcosm of the success of diplomatic practice of a big country with China characteristics. China emphasizes that China and Russia are comprehensive strategic cooperative partners in the same boat through thick and thin. China is willing to work with Russia to plan the next development of bilateral relations and lead Sino-Russian relations into a new era.
China and Russia are good neighbors, good partners and good friends. China-Russia comprehensive strategic partnership of cooperation has a solid foundation, rich connotations and great significance.
Over the past five years, Sino-Russian political mutual trust has reached a new height. The heads of state of China and Russia have held more than 20 meetings on bilateral and multilateral occasions, which have pointed out the direction for the future development of bilateral relations. Sino-Russian relations based on equality, trust, mutual support, prosperity and friendship from generation to generation have always maintained a high level of operation.
New breakthroughs have been made in pragmatic cooperation between China and Russia. The two sides give full play to the cooperation mechanism between the two governments and enterprises in various fields, tap complementary advantages and cooperation potential, continue to optimize the bilateral trade structure, steadily increase the investment stock, deepen cooperation in strategic large-scale projects in the fields of energy, nuclear energy, aerospace and infrastructure, and constantly tap new growth points such as agricultural trade, cross-border electronic commerce, small and medium-sized enterprises, finance and high-tech cooperation.
China and Russia also actively explore Arctic development, digital economy and Far East cooperation, fully activate the potential of small and medium-sized enterprises and local cooperation, and promote the gradual upgrading of pragmatic cooperation between China and Russia.
Sino-Russian cultural exchanges have continuously reached a new level. The two countries held a series of colorful exchanges with each other. After China and Russia held national year, language year, tourism year and youth friendly exchange year, the Sino-Russian media exchange year ended successfully at the end of last year. The first Sino-Russian joint university, Shenzhen MSUBIT University, started school. In 20 17, the number of citizens coming to China reached a new high, and China became the largest inbound tourist source country in Russia.
The latest Russian poll shows that China ranks first in the list of "Russia's most needed partner countries". The increasingly prosperous cultural exchanges between China and Russia have become a characteristic of the development of bilateral relations, further consolidating the social and public opinion foundation of the development of bilateral relations and deepening the friendship between the Chinese and Russian peoples.