Page 7 - ON BUILDING A HUMAN COMMUNITY WITH A SHARED FUTURE

ON BUILDING A HUMAN COMMUNITY WITH A SHARED FUTURE

pipelines have become the arteries of this century connecting our two
countries. Right now, we are looking to actively promote linkages in our
national and regional development strategies to keep on creating more
areas of converging interests and growth areas for bilateral cooperation.
We are going to expand the scope of bilateral cooperation from the
energy and resources sector to include investment, infrastructure, hi-tech,
finance, and other areas and promote a shift from commodity trade to
joint R&D and joint production, which will elevate the results-oriented
cooperation between our two countries.
Third, we need to remain firmly committed to developing the
friendship between our two peoples. The crux of country-to-country
relations is the amity of their peoples. Deep amity between peoples is the
wellspring of strength that drives forward relations between countries.
Here, I want to share a couple of stories about the mutual support
and assistance our peoples have given each other. During the War of
Resistance against Japanese Aggression , Captain Gregory Kurishenko
2
of the Soviet Union went to China and fought shoulder to shoulder with
the Chinese people. Welling with emotion, he once said, “It’s as if I’m
feeling the tragedy of my own country, the way I feel what the Chinese
working people are now going through.” He died heroically on Chinese
soil. The Chinese people have never forgotten this hero. An ordinary
Chinese mother and her son have kept vigil at his tomb for more than
half a century. Following the Beslan school hostage incident in 2004,
3
China invited some of the children traumatized in the incident to China
for treatment to help their recovery. The children received meticulous
care. Alan, the head doctor from the Russian side, told us, “Your doctors
have given our children such great help. They will always remember you.”
In 2008, when China’s Wenchuan was hit by a devastating earthquake,
4
Russia immediately extended a helping hand and invited the children
from the disaster-struck areas to Russia’s Far East for rehabilitation.
Three years ago, I saw with my own eyes at the Ocean Children Center
in Vladivostok the loving care Russian teachers gave our children. As
the Chinese often say, love knows no borders. These Chinese children
learned for themselves the love, friendship, and kindness of the Russian
people. There are many more touching stories like these. They nourish
the tree of friendship between our peoples, keeping it strong and

12