A dialogue between leaders of Chinese and Russia regions, sponsored by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China (MFA China) and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation (MFA Russia), co-organized by the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (CPAFFC) and the Local Cooperation Council of the Russia-China Friendship Committee for Peace and Development (RCFCPD), was held successfully in Vladivostok in Russia's Far East on September 11th, 2018. Nine Chinese leaders from provinces and autonomous regions including Mr. Li Jiheng, Provincial Committee Secretary of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Mr. Chen Qiufa, Provincial Committee Secretary of Liaoning Province, Mr. Bayanqolu, Provincial Committee Secretary of Jilin Province, Mr. Zhang Qingwei, Provincial Committee Secretary of Heilongjiang Province, Mr. Lou Qinjian, Provincial Committee Secretary of Jiangsu Province, Mr. Che Jun, Provincial Committee Secretary of Zhejiang Province, Mr. Liu Jiayi, Provincial Committee Secretary of Shandong Province, Mr. Peng Qinghua, Provincial Committee Secretary of Sichuan Province, Mr. Ma Xingrui, Provincial Committee Secretary of Guangdong Province, and Russian leaders from thirteen federal subjects, such as Primorsky Krai, Khabarovsk Krai, Amurskaya Oblast, Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Zabaykalsky Krai, Republic of Tatarstan, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Irkutsk, Moscow Oblast, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Yaroslavl Oblast, Tula Oblast, Republic of Chechnya, took part in the dialogue. Mme. Li Xiaolin, President of CPAFFC, presided the dialogue.
Earlier this year, Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Putin decided to hold years of China-Russia local cooperation and exchange in 2018 and 2019 during exchanging congratulatory messages on the coming New Year. This dialogue is one of the important bilateral activities held during Chinese President Xi attending the Fourth Eastern Economic Forum (EEF) in Vladivostok as well as is the highest-level and largest conference in the history of China-Russia local exchange, which completely indicates that the two central governments pay high attention to local cooperation, and the Sino-Russian local cooperation is full of vitality and enthusiasm.
Photographed by Feng Miao
