From July 21 to 23, Ding Xuexiang, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Vice Premier of the State Council, visited Russia, co-chaired the 11th meeting of the China-Russia Investment Cooperation Committee with Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Manturov, co-chaired the 21st meeting of the China-Russia Energy Cooperation Committee with Russian Deputy Prime Minister Novak, attended the opening ceremony of the 6th China-Russia Energy Business Forum, read out President Xi Jinping's congratulatory letter and delivered a speech. This is on July 23, Ding Xuexiang read out President Xi Jinping's congratulatory letter and delivered a speech at the opening ceremony of the 6th China-Russia Energy Business Forum.
When presiding over the China-Russia bilateral mechanism meeting on investment and energy, Ding Xuexiang said that this year marks the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Russia, which is an important historical node. President Xi Jinping and President Putin have conducted strategic communication many times and reached a series of important consensuses, which have drawn a new grand blueprint for the development of China-Russia relations and cooperation in various fields. China is willing to work with Russia to earnestly implement the important consensus reached by the two heads of state, continuously improve the level of investment and energy cooperation between the two countries, and better achieve mutual benefit, win-win results and common development.
The Russian side highly praised the level of development of Sino-Russian relations and the results of practical cooperation, congratulated the successful convening of the Third Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee, and said that the important decisions made by the plenary session will effectively promote China's prosperity and development, and will also provide new opportunities for the development of Sino-Russian relations. The Russian side is willing to work with China to fully implement the consensus reached by the two heads of state, give full play to the platform and coordination role of the investment and energy cooperation mechanism, expand cooperation at a deeper level and in a wider range of fields, and help the development of the comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership between Russia and China in the new era.
The mechanism meeting summarized and sorted out the achievements of the two countries' investment and energy cooperation, and exchanged in-depth views on the next step of cooperation planning. The two sides agreed to speed up the implementation of the consensus of the meeting and accumulate results for the 29th regular meeting between the prime ministers of the two countries this year.
After the meeting, Ding Xuexiang signed the minutes of the meeting with Manturov and Novak respectively.
Ding Xuexiang pointed out that the Third Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee was successfully held, and systematic arrangements were made for further deepening reform and promoting Chinese-style modernization. China's door to opening up will only open wider and wider, and we will provide more development opportunities for the world with our own high-quality development. We welcome Russian companies to actively participate in China's modernization construction and achieve better development in sharing China's opportunities.
Sechin, Secretary-General of the Russian Presidential Energy Development Strategy and Ecological Security Committee and President of Rosneft, read out the congratulatory letter from Russian President Putin and delivered a speech, and Novak delivered a speech.
