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Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News
Khabarovsk, May 19 (Xinhua) — The Russia-China Forum (RCF) dedicated to cooperation between the two countries opened in Khabarovsk, the capital of Russia’s Khabarovsk Krai, on Monday.
At 09:00 local time, the opening ceremony of the two-day forum took place on Komsomolskaya Square in the center of Khabarovsk. It was attended by the Governor of Khabarovsk Krai Dmitry Demeshin and the Consul General of the PRC in Khabarovsk Jiang Xiaoyang.
“Khabarovsk Krai has historically become a territory of strong cooperation between Russia and China. We see how our economic ties are growing stronger every year, trade relations are expanding, joint projects are being implemented in industry, energy and transport. It is here, in the Russian Far East, that we are forming new standards of international cooperation. Our enterprises are successfully working together, creating modern production, innovative technologies and jobs. We are building bridges not only in the literal but also in the figurative sense – bridges of trust, mutual understanding and prosperity,” said D. Demeshin in his speech at the ceremony.
According to Jiang Xiaoyang, the forum is being held as a platform for implementing the decisions reached by the leaders of the two countries after their meeting last year. Khabarovsk Krai is a major logistics, industrial and scientific-technical center in the Russian Far East. There are broad prospects for cooperation between Khabarovsk Krai and Chinese partners.
The RKF is held under the motto “Bolshoy Ussuriysky /Heixiazidao Island/: cooperation in joint development of the island”. Its program includes more than 30 thematic areas, cultural and sports events. More than three thousand applications for participation in the forum were received from representatives of business, government bodies and creative industries from Russia and China.
The forum will include a plenary session entitled “Russia and China: Joining Efforts for Common Prosperity.” It will discuss the state and prospects of the two countries’ strategic partnership, the role of twinning at the regional level, the situation in border regions, the vector of small business development, and other issues.
The forum will also feature a series of events to deepen cooperation between Russian and Chinese entrepreneurs. In particular, an investment exhibition will open, a Russia-China business dialogue will take place, and B2B negotiations will take place.
The cultural program of the forum includes a performance by Chinese artists, and the festival “Two banks – one Amur /Heilongjiang River/”. The traditional regional festival-fair “AmurFest. Spring” is timed to coincide with the forum, and a thematic exhibition is also open in the Far Eastern Art Museum.
The organizer of the RCF is the government of Khabarovsk Krai with the support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia, the Ministry of Economic Development of Russia, the Ministry for the Development of the Russian Far East, JSC Far East and Arctic Development Corporation and VEB.RF. The operator is the Roscongress Foundation. –0–