Belt and Road spurs high-level cooperation

Mature partnership

"In the past 10 years, the China-Russia comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination for a new era has withstood the test of volatile international landscape, and has become increasingly mature," Zhang said.

In the early years of the former Soviet Union's dissolution, trade between China and Russia was only about $6 billion. Over the years, the trade and exchanges between the two countries have developed rapidly.

Trade between the two countries, which hitherto focused on energy and goods, now includes diverse areas.