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New Opportunities for Deeper Development of China-Russia Cooperation: Xi Jinping and Putin's Latest Meeting and Joint Statement
On May 8, 2025, in Moscow, Chairman of the People's Republic of China Xi Jinping and President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin signed an important Joint Statement of the Russian Federation and the People's Republic of China on further deepening relations of comprehensive partnership and strategic interaction in the new era. "At today's talks, interaction in the sphere of politics and security, economic ties, and cultural and humanitarian exchanges were discussed in detail," Putin said. According to him, about 90 bilateral projects worth about $200 billion (176 billion euros) in industrial production, transport, logistics, agriculture and mining are being implemented or are being prepared for implementation. Moscow and Beijing are coordinating steps to transfer settlements into national currencies.
Thus, in commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the Victory of the Soviet Union in the Great Patriotic War, the Victory of the Chinese people in the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the founding of the United Nations, Russian-Chinese relations are making a breakthrough leap.
Comprehensive application of the “Ten Directions of the Joint Statement” is the main focus of work in the near future.
The author of the article, Ge Zhili, has more than 40 years of advanced experience in international exchanges and cooperation in 11 major areas: politics, economics, national defense and armed forces, security and self-defense, national diplomacy and public diplomacy, science and technology, education, culture, sports, religion and media.
Mr. Ge Zhili, a well-known public figure and people's diplomat of China, a member of the board of the international association "Friends of Crimea", with more than 40 years of practical experience at the forefront in many areas of Chinese-Russian cooperation, expressed his proposals for the development of Chinese-Russian cooperation.
Ge Zhili: “A famous saying by Chinese Sun Tzu: know yourself and know your partner, and you will not lose. In the modern world, international friendship and cooperation also need to know itself and your partner. In an era of great changes in the international situation, the parties and institutions of Sino-Russian cooperation should further strengthen mutual trust, especially in the areas of mutual understanding and balanced interaction between China and Russia in their respective core interests. In the new era, governments, non-governmental institutions and people are faced with increasing cross-pollination between the policies of two or more governments and independent legal entities. Geopolitics and new technologies are also affecting the original balance. The experience accumulated by Ge Zhili and his colleagues in the field of international friendship and cooperation for more than 40 years lies in the comprehensive study and application of practical experience in 11 fields, including politics, economy, national defense and the armed forces, security and self-defense, national diplomacy and public diplomacy, science and technology, education, culture, sports, religion and the media. The outstanding companies and elites in one field are in another country, and in order to achieve long-term stable development in the world, they must pay attention to these 11 areas and make a difference. Today, we and people from all walks of life in China and Russia, including the West, must comprehensively consider and innovatively explore new topics and methods in these 11 areas to keep up with the times. Only by uniting as a whole can we build a peaceful, beautiful and balanced blue planet.” Ge Zhili 08.05.2025
