"Cultural exchanges between China and Russia have reached an unprecedented height in recent years," said Yang Song, Europe and Asia division chief of the Liaison Office of the Ministry of Culture.
Despite enduring a tough trade situation with developed economies such as Japan and Europe, China's trade with Russia has enjoyed robust growth, data shows.
Sector relying too much on expensive tickets.
Dubai registered in 2012 a 27- percent increase in the number of hotel guests from China, the sheikhdom's promotional arm Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing revealed.
China said Sunday that the Philippines' allegation that a Chinese ship "bullied" Philippine vessels was sheer subjective assumption.
Contracts worth more than 5.2 billion yuan ($837 million) had been signed during the second Beijing International Film Festival.
Vice-Premier Li Keqiang on Sunday called for Chinese and Russian local governments to increase cooperation and investments.
As the three-day International Labor Day holiday begins in China, a record number of 8.2 million passengers traveled by train on Sunday.
Beijing has decided to subsidize large and medium-sized theaters, encouraging them to offer more low-price tickets to audience.
Seven people, including three children, were killed Sunday after a van plunged off a highway near the Bronx Zoo in New York City, police said.
So far, I have been with the Chinese delegation accompanying Vice-Premier Li Keqiang for two official visits overseas. The first was to Hong Kong, and this time, to Russia, Hungary and Belgium.
The suicide of a 14-year-old girl who jumped to her death in mid-April to protest her school's dress code has triggered online discussion about a deficiency of "life education" for Chinese teenagers.