Xi said that since the beginning of this year, China and Russia have steadfastly navigated a turbulent external environment with great composure, aiming for higher-level and higher-quality development goals. He added that maintaining, consolidating and advancing bilateral relations is a strategic choice for both sides.

Noting that new blueprints for bilateral ties were charted during his meetings with Russian President Vladimir Putin this year, Xi said the two countries should maintain close coordination, fully implement the important common understandings reached by the two leaders, and work to expand the pie of cooperation with an eye on the fundamental interests of the two countries and their peoples, so as to contribute more to world peace and development.

Xi urged efforts to steadily expand mutual investment and enhance cooperation in traditional fields such as energy, connectivity, agriculture and aerospace, tap into cooperation potential in new sectors such as artificial intelligence, digital economy and green development to foster new growth drivers for bilateral cooperation, and facilitate closer people-to-people exchanges. He noted that the Recommendations of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee for Formulating the 15th Five-Year Plan for Economic and Social Development, adopted at the fourth plenary session of the 20th CPC Central Committee, have made top-level design and outlined the strategic blueprint for China's economic and social development in the next five years.

China will advance Chinese modernization in an all-round way, promote high-quality economic and social development with firm steps, and expand high-level opening up, Xi said, stressing that China is willing to work with Russia to better synergize its 15th Five-Year Plan with Russia's economic and social development strategies to continuously benefit the two peoples. Mishustin conveyed President Putin's cordial greetings and best wishes for President Xi. He said the two meetings between the Russian and Chinese heads of state this year had strategically planned for the development of bilateral relations and consolidated the Russia-China comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination.

Russia stands ready to work with China to implement the important consensus reached by the two heads of state, deepen cooperation in fields such as economy and trade, sci-tech, energy, agriculture and digital economy, engage in closer people-to-people exchanges, and enhance multilateral coordination, he said. (Xinhua)