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Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News
BEIJING, May 18 (Xinhua) — The 2nd China-Russia Regional Economic and Trade Cooperation Congress was held in Harbin, capital of northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province, on Saturday, the Heilongjiang Daily reported.
The event was attended by officials from the Chinese provinces of Heilongjiang, Hainan, Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, the Russian Amur Region, Primorsky Krai, the Jewish Autonomous Region, as well as over 500 representatives of business circles from both sides.
The congress aims to deepen Chinese-Russian interregional practical cooperation. Participants paid much attention to interaction in the fields of agriculture, logistics, tourism and humanitarian contacts.
At the congress, Liang Huiling, Chairman of the People’s Government of Heilongjiang Province, called for expanding Chinese-Russian border trade, further strengthening infrastructure connectivity, improving transport efficiency, and intensifying cooperation in areas such as medicine, education, tourism, sports and physical education.
The “Collection of Information on Chinese-Russian Regional Trade and Economic Cooperation” was published at the congress.
The organizers of the congress are the Heilongjiang Provincial Commerce Department and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Tourism of the Amur Region. -0-