China-Russia strategic partnership of coordination reaches new high

• Source: Xinhua
• [08:47 October 16 2009]
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BEEFED UP CULTURAL COOPERATION

On Tuesday, Putin and Wen attended an evening gala to mark the 60th anniversary of bilateral diplomatic ties at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. They also celebrated the success of the Year of Russian Language in China.

The reciprocal language years, Year of Russian Language in China in 2009 and Year of Chinese Language in Russia in 2010, is an important step to enhancing bilateral cultural cooperation under current conditions.

Leaders of both countries have always attached great importance to exchanges between the two peoples, especially the youth, which would promote the understanding and friendship between the them and thus consolidate the social foundation of the China-Russia strategic partnership of coordination.

More than 200 events, which involved tens of thousands of people, were staged during Year of Russian Language in China. Putin said that Year of Chinese Language in Russia would see a series of activities that would interest the young, experts and scholars, and fans of the Chinese culture.

During Putin's visit, the two countries also signed a deal on forming culture centers reciprocally, and agreed to further exchanges between students, youth and education circles, as well as stepping up cooperation on tourism, health and care, sports, media and the film industry.

There is reason to believe that, with the efforts by both sides, China-Russia cultural cooperation will yield more fruitful results and lay a solid foundation for the Sino-Russian strategic partnership of coordination.