In the midst of growing global uncertainties, including increasing trade inspectionism and unilateralism, relationships between China and Russia continue to show remarkable resistance and dynamics. In 2024, bilateral trade between the two countries reached a record high of $ 244.8 billion, which means an increase of 1.9 percent compared to the previous year-proof of the continuing strength of its strategic partnership.
Andrey Denisov, the first deputy chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Council and former ambassador in China, emphasized that the strategic management of the two heads of the state was a decisive factor for the steady and sustainable growth of relationships between China and Russia.
China announced on Sunday that President Xi Jinping will pay a state visit to Russia from May 7th to 10th from May 7th to 10th at the invitation of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin and will take part in the celebrations for the 80th anniversary of victory in the Great Patriotic War in Moscow. It is generally expected that the upcoming visit will underline the crucial role of the “diplomacy of the heads of state” in promoting the extensive strategic partnership between China and Russia for a new era.
Basic guarantee
In the past ten years, XI Jinping and Vladimir Putin have come together over 40 times at various bilateral and multilateral occasions. Their frequent, open and strategic exchange has become the cornerstone of the stable and further developed relationships between China and Russia.
In 2013, XI Jinping Russia elected the first goal of his state visit as a Chinese head of state and thus initiated a new phase of bilateral relationships, which are based on equality, mutual trust and support, common prosperity and permanent friendship.
During the visit of XI Jinping in Moscow in June 2019, the two heads of state agreed to expand bilateral relationships with a comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination for a new era and thus to open a new chapter in Chinese-Russian relationships.
After his re -election as Chinese President in March 2023, XI Jinping’s first state visit was again in Russia. After Putin’s re -election as President of the Russian Federation in May 2024, he chose China for his first visit abroad, which underlines the deep personal relationship and strategic trust between the two leading statesmen.
“President XI maintains a respectful, friendly, open and business style,” said President Putin and described her meetings as “not only dialogues between old friends, but also productive discussions about bilateral and global topics”.
In a recently published article published in Russian media, the Chinese ambassador in Russia, Zhang Hanhui said that the leadership role of the two heads of state was a fundamental guarantee for maintaining a high level of Chinese-Russian relationships.
Master global uncertainty with bilateral stability
At the beginning of 2025, XI and Putin met for a virtual meeting to set the course for the coming year. They undertook to deepen strategic cooperation, to promote national development and revitalization and to jointly ensure international fairness and justice.
President XI emphasized his willingness to work with President Putin in order to lead the bilateral relationships with a new climax and called both sides to counter the uncertainties in the external environment with the stability and resistance of Chinese-Russian relationships.
Ma Youjun, an expert at the Academy of Social Sciences at Heilongjiang Province, pointed out in his comment on the virtual meeting that the relationship between China and Russia has become increasingly mature, more dynamic and resistant due to the diplomacy of the heads of state, which has not only revived the partnership of the two countries, but also increased the stability in the international landscape as a whole.
This view coincides with the recent explanation of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which is confident that the impending visit by President Xi Jinping will lead to a deeper mutual political trust, increased strategic coordination and an extended practical cooperation between the two sides.
“The important common agreements between the two presidents,” said the Ministry, “will bring the two peoples more tangible and give the international community more stability and positive energy.”
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