All walks of life in Russia and overseas Chinese discuss the outcome of the first meeting between China and Russia.

　　China news agency, Moscow, May 18 (Reporter Tian Bing) Russian President Vladimir Putin paid a state visit to China from May 16 to 17. The heads of state of China and Russia held frank, friendly and informative meetings, jointly signed and issued a joint statement, witnessed the signing of more than 10 important cooperation documents between the two sides, and jointly attended the opening ceremony of the "China-Russia Cultural Year" and a special concert to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Russia. Putin also went to Harbin to attend the 8th China-Russia Expo. The meeting between the Chinese and Russian heads of state triggered a warm response from people from all walks of life in Russia and overseas Chinese living in Russia.

　　Highlight the importance of Sino-Russian relations

　　Shroff Ba, a professor at the Russian Higher University of Economics, said that Putin’s trip to China immediately after taking office as the new Russian president showed the importance of bilateral relations. The members of the Russian delegation include a number of deputy prime ministers, ministers and governors, as well as representatives of railway, energy and other companies, indicating the importance Russia attaches to this visit. He pointed out that the two sides signed new cooperation agreements, including topics such as accelerating the pace of cooperation in the fields of science and technology, IT and agriculture, which will further promote the development of bilateral relations.

　　Tavrovski, Russian Chairman of the Expert Council of the China-Russia Friendship, Peace and Development Committee and a professor at the Russian People’s Friendship University, said that it is very important that the leaders of the two countries treat each other frankly and reach agreement on cooperation in various fields during Putin’s visit to China.

　　Wu Hao, secretary general and executive vice president of the Russian Federation of Overseas Chinese, said that Putin’s visit fully reflected the high mutual trust and close interaction between the two heads of state, and clearly showed the priorities of Russian foreign policy. The Russian people are also full of expectations for Putin’s visit.

　　Economic and trade cooperation is broader and deeper.

　　Russian Presidential Press Secretary peskov said that the trade volume between Russia and China shows the complementarity of the two economies. "This is very important for us and for China." He said that many regions of Russia participated in the Russia-China Expo held in Harbin, which is an important part of the economic and trade cooperation between the two sides. The cooperation is very rich in content and wide in scope. The Expo is of great significance to regional cooperation and the development of the Russian Far East and the border areas between China and Russia.

　　Russia — Mankevich, chairman of the Asian Federation of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, said that the 8th Russia-China Expo will promote the growth of Russian-Chinese trade volume, increase the proportion of high value-added products and enhance the role of small and medium-sized enterprises in bilateral trade. He stressed that the Expo plays an important role in bilateral trade, and Russian enterprises will have the opportunity to directly show their products to China manufacturers and consumers, and negotiate and sign contracts during the Expo. Secondly, the Expo will help improve the popularity and popularity of Russian goods in China.

　　Nikyshina, general manager of Russian Export Center, said that under the background of increasing economic cooperation between the two countries, in view of the importance of the China market and the unprecedented increase in the supply of Russian agro-industrial products to China, the center will vigorously expand the China market. According to its introduction, in 2017, the center launched the "Made in Russia" project to promote domestic brands to "go global". This year’s first "Russian Food Culture Festival (Made in Russia)" was held in Shenyang and Dalian, and 150 Russian enterprises participated in the event. In the meantime, China people bought Russian goods worth over 240 million rubles.

　　Theme year activities are in full swing.

　　Lomanov, director of the Asia-Pacific Research Center of the Institute of World Economics and International Relations of the Russian Academy of Sciences, said that the Russian-Chinese theme year activities have been a very good tradition of the two countries. Since 2006, China and Russia have successfully held a series of theme year activities, such as national year, language year, tourism year, youth friendly exchange year, media exchange year, local cooperation exchange year, scientific and technological innovation year, sports exchange year, and today’s "culture year", which are all very attractive topics. He believes that these topics are chosen to focus the attention of all walks of life in the two countries, take a certain field as a priority, and promote it in the two countries to the greatest extent. Lomanov said that the cultures of Russia and China have had a great influence on each other for a long time. "Now there is both an opportunity and a need to better examine each other, understand how people in each other’s countries live, what non-fiction and real values and plans they have, and know each other’s traditions and modernity.".

　　Yuan Yi, director of Moscow Deheheng Law Firm, said that the joint statement repeatedly mentioned cooperation on bilateral laws. The two sides plan to improve the legal judgment recognition and enforcement mechanism stipulated in the Sino-Russian Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty signed on June 19, 1992. Upgrade the Sino-Russian agreement on investment promotion and mutual protection as soon as possible. Strengthen the exchange of experience and practice in the protection and application of intellectual property rights, and give full play to the important role of intellectual property rights in promoting scientific and technological innovation and economic and social development. Strengthen mutually beneficial cooperation in the field of competition policy, including cooperation in law enforcement and protection of competition rules in commodity markets (including digital commodity markets), and create favorable conditions for economic and trade cooperation between the two sides. Yuan Yi said that the all-round cooperation and development of Sino-Russian economy, trade, investment, science and technology, education, etc. need the escort of the laws of the two countries. I hope that after the "China-Russia Culture Year", the "China-Russia Legal Exchange Year" will be held in the future.

　　Niu Huawei, head of the Russian media plus online Chinese class, said that the joint statement proposed to continue to deepen educational cooperation. As a worker engaged in language and cultural exchange in Russia, I deeply feel the enthusiasm of Russians for learning Chinese. The organization has provided more than 500 Chinese teachers for more than 500 students studying Chinese in 548 schools in Moscow to strengthen their teaching staff, and jointly organized cultural experience activities such as celebrating International Chinese Day, which was deeply loved by teachers and students. He said that the demand for Chinese+vocational education and digital Chinese education in Russia is growing, and he will seize the opportunity and vigorously promote the sustainable development of online Chinese education in the local area. (End)