China, Russia hold 27th meeting of cultural cooperation committee in St. Petersburg

Chinese State Councilor Shen Yiqin and Russian Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova co-chaired the 27th meeting of the China-Russia Committee on Humanities Cooperation in St. Petersburg on Monday, pledging to further deepen people-to-people ties and practical collaboration between the two countries.

Shen said that in May this year, President Xi Jinping and President Vladimir Putin jointly attended the opening ceremony of the China-Russia Years of Education and delivered speeches, underscoring the high importance both leaders attach to humanities cooperation. Under the strategic guidance of the two heads of state, the two sides have continued to enrich the substance of people-to-people exchanges, innovate forms of cooperation, identify new areas of collaboration and achieve a series of fresh outcomes, Shen said.

She noted that this year marks the 30th anniversary of the establishment of the China-Russia strategic partnership of cooperation and the 25th anniversary of the signing of the China-Russia Treaty of Good-Neighborliness and Friendly Cooperation.
Shen called on both sides to fully implement the important consensus reached by the two leaders, make solid progress in key projects under the China-Russia Years of Education, deepen humanities cooperation, strengthen coordination in bilateral and multilateral frameworks, and make new contributions to advancing the China-Russia comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination in the new era.

Golikova spoke highly of the fruitful results achieved in China-Russia people-to-people exchanges, saying Russia is willing to work with China to continuously deepen and expand practical cooperation in the humanities field and write a new chapter in the friendship between the two countries.

During the meeting, the two sides witnessed the signing of cooperation documents in relevant fields and held a joint press conference.