Page 6 - ON BUILDING A HUMAN COMMUNITY WITH A SHARED FUTURE

THE TRENDS OF PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT

between the People’s Republic of China and the Russian Federation, thus
laying a solid foundation for the long-term development of Sino-Russian
relations.
At present, both China and Russia are at a crucial stage of national
revival, and our relationship has entered a new stage in which we offer
one another important development opportunities and serve as one
another’s primary cooperative partners. For Sino-Russian relations under
the new conditions, my belief is that we need to work harder in the
following areas:
First, we need to remain firmly committed to building a relationship
that looks to the future. That China and Russia should maintain their
amity generation after generation and never become enemies is the
shared wish of our two peoples. We need to stand high and look far,
adopting a comprehensive approach to pursuing the development of our
bilateral relations. President Putin once said, “Russia needs a prosperous
and stable China, and China needs a strong and successful Russia.” I
couldn’t agree more. The common development of both our countries
will offer still greater space for our comprehensive strategic collaborative
partnership and offer positive energy for the shift in the international
order and for global systems to become fairer and more rational. China
and Russia shall forever be good neighbors, good friends, and good
partners, and use concrete action to give one another firm support in
preserving our respective core interests, in our respective efforts toward
development and revival, in following the development paths suited to
our respective national conditions, and in ensuring our own respective
affairs are taken good care of.
Second, we need to remain firmly committed to cultivating a
cooperative and mutually beneficial relationship. China and Russia differ
in our national conditions and circumstances. Through close cooperation
and by drawing on each other’s strengths to make up for our respective
weaknesses, we will achieve a greater-than-the-sum-of-our-parts effect.
Last year, our two-way trade reached US$88.2 billion and exchanges
between our peoples hit 3.3 million. These figures eloquently reflect the
vast potential and broad prospects of Sino-Russian relations. Bilateral
cooperation in energy has deepened steadily. Taking over the baton from
the 17th century’s Ten Thousand Li Tea Route, Sino-Russian oil and gas
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