President of Russia Vladimir Putin and President of the People’s
Republic of China
Xi Jinping announced the holding of the Russia-China years in a joint statement
on developing comprehensive partnership and strategic cooperation in a new era.
Opening the ceremony, Dmitry Chernyshenko and Sun Chunlan read
welcome addresses from the presidents of both countries.
Three agreements were signed in the presence of the deputy prime
ministers.
A letter of intent on establishing
a joint Russian-Chinese Centre for Standardisation and Technology Transfer in Healthcare
was signed by representatives of the Moscow Centre for Innovative Technology in
Healthcare, the Moscow Innovation Cluster Fund, the Beijing Institute for Medical Device Testing and the Russian Research Institute at Tsinghua University.
The Higher School of Economics National Research University and Beijing University signed an agreement on
student exchanges.
People’s Friendship University of Russia and Jilin University
signed a cooperation agreement.
Ms Sun Chunlan conveyed heartfelt greetings to the scientists in Russia and
China
and noted the vast potential of both countries in implementing major strategic
projects.