BEIJING, Oct. 14 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Hu Jintao on Wednesday met with visiting Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, hailing fresh development of bilateral relationship and vowing closer collaboration.

Chinese President Hu Jintao (R) meets with Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in Beijing, capital of China, Oct. 14, 2009. (Xinhua/Liu Jiansheng)

    "Russia is one of the top agenda on China's diplomacy as we pay much attention to relations with Russia," Hu told Putin in their half an hour meeting in Diaoyutai State Guesthouse.

    Hu said this year was significant for China-Russia relations as both countries celebrated their 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties.

    Russia was the first country to establish diplomatic relations with China, days after the People's Republic of China was founded on Oct. 1, 1949.

    As an important milestone in deepening relations, both countries established strategic partnership of coordination in 1996.

    Hu said this partnership had reaped substantive benefits to both peoples and worked for the world peace, stability and prosperity.

    He underscored the mutual support both countries offered to each other on issues concerning their core interest and close coordination and cooperation on international and regional affairs.

    "China would like to work more closely with Russia to enhance political trust and strategic coordination," Hu said.

    Chinese President particularly called for both countries to boost cooperation in energy, high-tech and culture.

    "Let's work together to take strategic partnership of coordination to a higher level," Hu said.

    Putin said his China visit was very successful, marking "an important step forward" in bilateral cooperation.

    He said close exchanges between leaders of both nations contributed a lot to bilateral relations, which witnessed rapid progress in trade, energy and culture.

    Putin said the "Year of Russian Language" went on well in China and looked forward to the "Year of Chinese language" in Russia next year.

    During the "Year of Russian Language" in China, the two nations held more than 200 cultural exchange activities in about 20 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities in China.

    Putin said he was satisfied with Russia's ties with China and would like to advance the relations.

    On Tuesday, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao hosted a red-carpet welcome ceremony for Putin, who is on his first official visit to China since taking office in May 2008. They held closed-door talks and witnessed the signing of 12 agreements, including the agreements on natural gas and oil.

China, Russia to boost energy cooperation 

    BEIJING, Oct. 14 (Xinhua) -- China and Russia will boost their cooperation in oil, gas, coal and nuclear energy, said a joint communique released Wednesday.

    Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin inked the communique in Beijing after a regular meeting on Tuesday.  Full story

China, Russia vow to further regulate custom clearance order

    BEIJING, Oct. 14 (Xinhua) -- China and Russia agreed that the primary task for the customs cooperation is to actively regulate the customs clearance order, increase the custom supervision efficiency and fight smuggling and other illegal activities.

     This was revealed in the joint communique of the 14th regular meetings between the Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.Full story 

China, Russia pledge to strengthen finance and banking cooperation

    BEIJING, Oct. 14 (Xinhua) -- China and Russia pledged to enhance communication and cooperation concerning finance, taxation and banking to deal with the global financial crisis, said a joint communiqué released Wednesday by the two countries.

    The communique was a fruit of the 14th regular meeting the prime ministers of the two countries in Beijing on Tuesday. During the meeting, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin witnessed the signing of 12 agreements, including agreements on natural gas and oil. Full story

Chinese top legislator, Russian PM vow to boost bilateral ties

    BEIJING, Oct. 14 (Xinhua) -- Top Chinese legislator Wu Bangguo and visiting Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin pledged here Wednesday to boost bilateral ties and cooperation between the two parliaments.

    Wu, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC), hailed the China-Russia strategic partnership of coordination, saying it was developing rapidly from a new starting point. Full story

Chinese, Russian PMs urge G20's role in tackling global financial crisis

    BEIJING, Oct. 14 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin Wednesday urged the role of the Group of 20 summit in tackling the global financial crisis and improving world economic management.

    They said in a joint communique inked following a regular meeting on Tuesday that the G20 summit should support international cooperation and promote the reform of the international financial system.

Russia, China work on gigantic oil, gas co-op project

    BEIJING, Oct. 13 (Xinhua) -- Russian Prime Minister Putin said here on Tuesday that Russia and China are working on a huge oil and gas cooperation project.

    In an exclusive interview with Xinhua, Putin said the two countries have signed a 20-year oil supply agreement and laid more than 2,000 kilometers of crude oil pipelines for this. 

China, Russia sign 12 agreements during Putin's visit

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (R Front) shakes hands with Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (L Front) after signing the joint communique of the 14th regular prime ministers' talks between China and Russia, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, Oct. 13, 2009. (Xinhua/Xie Huanchi)

    BEIJING, Oct. 13 (Xinhua) -- China and Russia signed 12 agreements, including agreements on natural gas and oil, as the premiers of the two countries held their 14th regular meeting in Beijing on Tuesday.

    The signing ceremony was overseen by Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin after their talks in the Great Hall of the People in downtown Beijing.
China's Wen, Russia's Putin attend celebration for six-decade diplomatic ties

    BEIJING, Oct. 13 (Xinhua) -- With folk dances and songs, China and Russia Tuesday night celebrated the 60th anniversary of bilateral diplomatic relations.

    Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin attended the evening gala at the Great Hall of the People in downtown Beijing.

Russia attaches great importance to cooperation at regional level with China: Russian PM 

    BEIJING, Oct. 13 (Xinhua) -- Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said here Tuesday Russia attached great importance to cooperation with China at the regional level.

    He made the remarks in an interview with Chinese media Tuesday during his first official visit to China since he took office as prime minister last May.

Russia-China cooperation important cornerstone of world stability, says Putin

    BEIJING, Oct. 13 (Xinhua) -- Russia-China cooperation is one of the most important cornerstones of the world stability, said Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin here on Tuesday.

    Putin told Chinese press that such cooperation played important role in solving series of international sensitive issues and in safeguarding world peace and development.