China, Russia co-chair session of committee for meetings between heads of govt

BEIJING -- Chinese Vice Premier Hu Chunhua co-chaired the 25th session of the committee for regular meetings between Chinese and Russian heads of government Thursday via video link, together with Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko, pledging to promote mutually beneficial cooperation.

Thanks to the joint efforts of both sides, bilateral cooperation in trade, investment, agriculture and other fields has achieved fruitful results, which reflects the comprehensive, high level China-Russia comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination for a new era, Hu said.

China stands ready to work with Russia to earnestly implement the consensus reached by the leaders of the two countries, consolidate the good momentum of trade and investment cooperation, properly solve new situations and new problems through cooperation, focus on expanding cooperation in emerging sectors, strengthen communication and cooperation in international economic affairs, promote new progress on China-Russia cooperation, and make relevant preparations for the meeting between leaders of the two countries, Hu said.

For his part, Chernyshenko said the bilateral cooperation in various fields has resulted in positive progress and achieved remarkable results.

Russia is ready to strengthen communication and cooperation with China, further expand the breadth and depth of pragmatic cooperation and inject new impetus into the Russia-China comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination for a new era, he said.