Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries

On Sept. 23rd, organized by the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (CPAFFC), China-Russia Friendship Association (CRFA), China-Russian Committee of Friendship, Peace and Development (CRCFPD), the reception celebrating 65th anniversary of the establishment of China-Russia diplomatic relations and CRFA was held in the Great Hall of the People. Zhang Dejiang, Chairman of Standing Committee of National People’s Congress of China, Valentina Matviyenko, Speaker of the Russian Federation Council were present at the reception and delivered speeches.

Zhang Dejiang characterized China-Russia relations as a model for how major countries get along with one another in the 21st century, citing political trust, pragmatic collaboration, people-to-people exchanges and coordination on international affairs.

Zhang Dejiang indicated that, the development of China-Russia relations are led by the strategy of the national leaders of the two countries, based on political trust, internally energized by cooperation and mutual benefit, and take the friendship from generation to generation as the common wish. China-Russia relations work for the fundamental interests of the two countries and have profound international significance.

Emphasizing that the bilateral relations stand at a new starting point, Zhang called on the two countries to enhance trust, make best use of existing cooperation mechanisms and support the other''s endeavors to maintain stability, seek economic prosperity and improve people''s living standards.

Zhang said, China would take the 65th anniversary of China-Russia ties as an opportunity, to make more efforts on the constant and healthy development of Comprehensive Strategic Partnership between China and Russia. He thanked CRFA and their Russian Colleagues for their contributions to promoting the people-to-people contact, and emphasized that the non-governmental is an efficient way of consolidating the national relations.

Matviyenko said in her address that, the in-depth development of the bilateral relation conforms to the interests of the two countries and will become an important force of strengthening the regional and world security. The friendly organizations and personages have made important contributions to the development of bilateral relation. The non-governmental diplomacy has become an effective approach to consolidate the friendship of the public. At the moment of the 65th anniversary of the establishment of China-Russian diplomatic relations, Russia is confident of the future of the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership between China and Russia.

The Chinese and Russian youth performed together. Their performance revealed the theme of the cause of the China-Russia friendship will be passed from generation to generation.

Wang Chen, Vice Chairman and Secretary-General of Standing Committee of NPC, Chen Yuan, Vice Chairman of Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference and President of CRFA, Denisov, the Russian Ambassador to China, the Chinese and Russian friendly personages from all circles in all over 300 people attended the reception.