Mr. Song Jingwu, the Vice President of the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (CPAFFC) and China-Russia Friendship Association (CRFA), attended the opening ceremony of the year of China-Russia local cooperation and exchange held in Harbin, Heilongjiang Province on February 7th.
On the opening ceremony, Mr. Wang Yang, the Member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and the Vice Premier of State Council, and Mr. Yury Trutnev, the Deputy Prime Minister of Russia and the Presidential Envoy to the Far Eastern Federal District, read respectively the congratulatory messages from Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin and also delivered speeches. Mr. Wang Yang and Mr. Yury Trutnev, attended the Intergovernmental Commission for Cooperation of the Northeast China and the Far East and Baikal Region of Russia.