Chinese Vice-Premier Li Keqiang is to pay an official visit to Russia on April 26-30 in a time when bilateral relations have hit an all-time high.
China is the most important strategic partner of Russia and the two countries still have great potential to further their relations, Russian upper house speaker said.
It is widely expected that the China-Russia relations will further develop.
China's northeast border province of Heilongjiang's trade with Russia climbed 154 percent year-on-year to $18.99 billion last year, local authorities said Thursday.
China and Russia exchanged more than 3.3 million tourists in 2011, serving as important sources of tourists to each other.