Energy cooperation between China and Russia is strategically important and beneficial to both countries, but support from the two nations' top leaders is vital to its development, industry experts said.
China and Russia on Thursday pledged to increase their bilateral trade to $200 billion by 2020 from $55.4 billion last year, with energy cooperation playing a major role.
China and Russia deepened their strategic relationship on Thursday by vowing to support each other on core security issues.
China's offshore surveillance force will be beefed up to ensure that the country's maritime interests are fully protected amid increasing disputes with its neighbors.
China and Mongolia on Thursday agreed to upgrade bilateral ties to a strategic partnership level and bolster economic cooperation.
A senior official of the Communist Party of China (CPC) said the party and Cambodia's co-ruling Funcinpec Party should exchange experience in improving party building at grass-roots level.
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao will pay official visits to Hungary, Britain and Germany from June 24 to 28, Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei announced at a press briefing on Thursday.
Visiting Chinese President Hu Jintao and his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev met here Thursday on deepening the China-Russia strategic partnership of cooperation.
Visiting senior Chinese legislator Wang Zhaoguo discussed ways to boost interparliamentary ties with Polish Senate Speaker Bogdan Borusewicz here Thursday.
Wang Jiarui, chief of the International Department of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee met with Mongolian Prime Minister and the Chairman of the Mongolian People's Party Sukhbaatar Batbold on Thursday.
Natalia Semenets, the head of the development department of Moscow-based canned food manufacturer OVA, was busier than most attendees at the recent China Harbin International Economic and Trade Fair (HTF).
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir will visit China late June, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Thursday.