Vice Primer Wu Yi and Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Dmitri
Medvedev vowed to further Sino-Russian economic and trade ties.
Wu and Medvedev told some 50 government officials and
representatives of business people attending a Sino-Russian
high-level economic forum that the two countries have discussed
cooperation in the fields of energy, finance, information
technology and machinery.
The forum and discussions between ministers coincide with
Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit to China.
Wu proposed the two sides promote cooperation between large
companies of the two countries and on large projects. She appealed
to companies in the two countries to improve their
competitiveness.
She also urged companies of both sides to expand cooperation in
such sectors as nuclear energy, space navigation, information
technology, bio-medicine and new materials.
Medvedev hailed the fast growth of Russia-China trade in recent
years and the pragmatic and fruitful cooperation between
departments and companies of the two countries.
He hopes the two sides will push the bilateral trade and
economic cooperation to a new height.
(Xinhua News Agency March 23, 2006)
