Looking for Larisa of Moscow 60 years on

In the run-up to the ongoing Shanghai Cooperation Organization Summit in Qingdao, Shandong province, the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and the Russian international affairs committee jointly organized a think tank forum on Sino-Russian cooperation on May 29 in Beijing.

As a senior adviser to the Sino-Russian Committee of Friendship, Peace and Development and a co-organizer of the forum, I felt honored to attend the event and deliver an address on behalf of the committee. Apart from exchanging ideas and suggestions on cultural issues with SCO Secretary-General Rashid Alimov (of Tajikistan) before the forum, I also met with many new and old friends who care about and participate in China-Russia friendship and exchanges.

The Sino-Russian Comprehensive Strategic Partnership of Coordination is experiencing its best time in history. Led by the two heads of state and thanks to their personal efforts, Sino-Russian relations have reached a new high, in which people-to-people exchanges have played an indispensable role.