China-Russia Ties

Basic facts about China-Russia ties in past decade

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2011-06-15 17:06

BEIJING - Chinese President Hu Jintao starts a state visit to Russia on Wednesday.

2011 is the 10th year since China and Russia signed the Treaty of Good-Neighbourliness and Friendly Cooperation. In that time, the development of China-Russia relations has kept a comprehensive, fast and healthy momentum, while bilateral cooperation in all sectors has been fruitful.

Following are some basic facts about China-Russia relations in the past decade:

In July 2001, then Chinese President Jiang Zemin paid a state visit to Russia. The two sides sign the Treaty of Good-Neighbourliness and Friendly Cooperation, which has laid a strong legal foundation for the two countries to develop a strategic partnership.

In December 2002, then Russian President Vladimir Putin visited China. The two sides signed a China-Russia joint statement.

In May 2003, Chinese President Hu Jintao paid a state visit to Russia. The two sides signed a China-Russia joint statement, in which the two sides agreed to develop good neighborly and friendly relations and a strategic partnership.

In October 2004, Putin visited China. The two sides signed a China-Russia joint statement and approved the guidelines for implementing the Treaty of Good-Neighbourliness and Friendly Cooperation, which stipulated that the two sides would launch a "Year of Russia" in China in 2006 and a "Year of China" in Russia in 2007.

In June 2005, China and Russia exchanged the ratification of the Supplementary Agreement on the Eastern Section of the China-Russia Boundary Line between the People's Republic of China and the Russian Federation, ending the border problem between the two countries.

In July 2005, Hu visited Russia. The two sides signed the China-Russia joint statement on the international order in the 21st century. During Hu's visit, the heads of the two nations formally announced the "Year of Russia" would be held in China in 2006 and the "Year of China" would be held in Russia in 2007.

In March 2006, Putin visited China. The heads of the two nations together attended the opening ceremonies of the "Year of Russia" and the China-Russia Economic, Industrial and Commercial Summit forum. They also signed a China-Russia joint statement and more than 20 other cooperation agreements covering politics, diplomacy, energy, finance.

In March 2007, Hu visited Russia. The heads of the two nations together attended the opening ceremony of the "Year of China". They also signed a China-Russia statement and a series of other cooperation agreements.

In May 2008, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev visited China, which was his first overseas visit since he took office. The heads of the two nations signed the China-Russia joint statement on major international issues and a series of other cooperation agreements.

In June 2009, Hu visited Russia. The two sides signed a joint statement on the Moscow meeting of the heads of China and Russia, and approved the program for China-Russia investment cooperation planning.

In September 2009, Hu and Medvedev met in New York, where they jointly approved the program on planning for regional cooperation between China's northeastern region and Russia's far east and eastern Siberia region (2009-2018).

In September 2010, Medvedev visited China. The two sides signed the China-Russia joint statement on comprehensively deepening stategic coordinative partnership. The two sides also published the joint statement by heads of China and Russia on the 65th anniversary of the end of World War II.

In November 2010, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao visited Russia. The two sides signed a joint statement on the 15th regular meeting between Chinese and Russian prime ministers and a series documents about cooperation between the two governments.