Zhao Leji Holds Talks with Chairperson of Russia's Federation Council

CCTV.com reports (Xinwen Lianbo): Zhao Leji, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, held talks with Valentina Matviyenko, chairperson of Russia's Federation Council, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on November 2.

Zhao Leji said President Xi Jinping and President Putin met twice, in May and August this year, guiding China-Russia relations into a new stage of greater accomplishment and faster development. China is willing to work with Russia, taking the important consensus reached by the two heads of state as fundamental guidance, to strengthen strategic communication, expand mutually beneficial cooperation, and advance the China-Russia comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination for a new era in greater depth and with more concrete results.

Zhao Leji noted that this year marks the 30th anniversary of the establishment of the China-Russia strategic partnership of coordination and the 25th anniversary of the signing of the China-Russia Treaty of Good-Neighborliness and Friendly Cooperation. The two sides should deepen cooperation in key fields including trade, investment, energy, and resources, and cultivate new drivers of development in frontier fields including artificial intelligence and the digital economy. They should jointly ensure the success of the "China-Russia Years of Education," strengthen exchanges in culture, youth, and other areas, and promote closer ties between their peoples. They should consolidate strategic coordination and promote an equal and orderly multipolar world and universally beneficial and inclusive economic globalization.

Zhao Leji stressed that the Chinese and Russian legislatures should better serve the overall development of China-Russia relations, deepen exchanges and cooperation between legislative bodies, jointly improve their ability and standards in performing their duties in accordance with the law, and strengthen exchanges of legislative experience in areas including artificial intelligence and the digital economy, providing legal support and safeguards for practical cooperation between the two countries. Zhao Leji also briefed her on the fifth plenary session of the 20th CPC Central Committee.

Matviyenko said that under the strategic guidance of President Putin and President Xi Jinping, Russia-China good-neighborliness, friendship, and cooperation continue to deepen. She warmly congratulated the successful convening of the fifth plenary session of the 20th CPC Central Committee. Russia's Federation Council is willing to strengthen exchanges with China's National People's Congress, promote practical cooperation between the two countries, and increase cultural and educational exchanges. They should jointly promote a correct view of history and advance world peace and development.

That day, Zhao Leji and Matviyenko visited the "Display of Classic Works from the Collection" and the "Exhibition of Selected Paintings by Nicolai Fechin" at the National Art Museum of China.

Peng Qinghua attended the above activities.