23th regular meeting of Russian and Chinese heads of government

Signed documents

News conference by Dmitry Medvedev and Li Keqiang

Documents signed following the 23^rd regular meeting of the prime ministers of Russia and China:

– Joint Communique on the results of the 23^rd   regular meeting of the prime ministers of Russia and China

– Protocol of the 19th meeting of the Russian-Chinese Commission for Humanitarian Cooperation

– Development plan for agriculture in the Russian Far East and Baikal Region and Northeast China

– Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation on trade in services between the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation and the Ministry of Commerce of the People’s Republic of China

– Memorandum of Understanding between the Federal Customs Service of Russia and the General Administration of Customs of China on streamlining the procedure for customs operations (customs clearance) and customs control of goods moved within the framework of international electronic commerce

– Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the People’s Republic of China on cooperation in the peaceful use of the GLONASS Global Navigation Satellite System and the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System

– Protocol between the Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance of the Russian Federation and the General Administration of Customs of China on the veterinary and sanitary requirements for mutual deliveries of dairy products  

– Protocol between the Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance of the Russian Federation and the General Administration of Customs of China on inspection, quarantine and veterinary-sanitary control of mutual deliveries of refrigerated poultry meat

– Agreement between the Roscosmos State Space Corporation and the China National Space Administration on cooperation in monitoring space debris and the use of collected data

– Protocol of the 22^nd meeting of the Joint Commission for Regular Meetings of Heads of Government of China and Russia

– Protocol of the 5^th meeting of the Intergovernmental Russian-Chinese Commission on Investment Cooperation

– Protocol of the 15^th meeting of the Intergovernmental Russian-Chinese Commission on energy cooperation

– Protocol of the 2^nd meeting of the Intergovernmental Russian-Chinese Commission on cooperation and development of the Russian Far East and Baikal Region and Northeast China

Press statement by Dmitry Medvedev and Li Keqiang

Excerpts from the transcript:

Dmitry Medvedev: Mr Li Keqiang, media representatives, colleagues,

Let me begin by thanking the Premier of the PRC State Council and all our Chinese friends for their hospitality and fine organisation of our work over the past few days.

We began by participating in the first Chinese International Import Expo, which is underway in Shanghai. This is a great event and we are happy that we have attended it.  Russian companies are taking part in this exhibition. Roundtable discussions were held and a productive exchange of views took place, including on the topic that my colleague has just broached. It concerns the existing international trade regulation regimes, preserving the World Trade Organisation’s rules, reforming the WTO, and the unacceptability of violations committed by certain countries that introduce unjustified trade barriers, sanctions or preferential regimes in cases where this is not allowed by law. Here our approaches are the same. As it was rightly said, we believe that everything that has been done in this sphere should facilitate global trade and global investment exchanges rather than be confined to individual countries or regions, because this hampers development as a whole.

Today, we had a packed programme. Mr Li Keqiang and I held talks in a restricted format. The 23^rd meeting of the heads of state with the participation of the delegations has just ended. A number of interagency and intergovernmental agreements have been signed. All of this demonstrates the effectiveness of the format that is being used for the 23^rd time.

What can I say about the results?

Russian-Chinese relations are currently at the upturn, largely owing to the unique system of these contacts and an active work done by our colleagues, who have been working on it practically for the whole of this year. As a result, the People’s Republic of China is today Russia’s biggest foreign trade and investment partner. 

More to be soon…