Premier Wen Jiabao will pay official visits to Russia and Tajikistan from Nov 22 to 25, during which he will also hold the 15th China-Russia Regular Prime Ministers' Meeting and attend the Ninth Meeting of Prime Ministers of Member States of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Dushanbe. 

China, Tajikistan sign communique to promote ties
China and Tajikistan will enhance high-level contacts, expand exchanges and cooperation in various fields to fully develop their relations of good-neighborliness, friendship and cooperation, said a joint communique signed on Thursday by the two countries.>>> 

Wen arrives in Tajikistan for SCO prime ministers' meeting
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao Wednesday arrived in Tajikistan for an official visit and the ninth prime ministers' meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO).>>> 

Currency settlement benefits Sino-Russia traders
China and Russia will expand local currency settlements for bilateral trade, announced Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin Tuesday, one day after the yuan started trading against Russian rouble on the Chinese interbank market.>>> 

Sino-Tajik cooperation continuously expanded
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao is scheduled to pay an official visit to Tajikistan on Wednesday and Thursday at the invitation of Tajik Prime Minister Akil Akilov.>>> 

Wen, Putin vow broader cooperation
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, agreed Tuesday to shore up reciprocal and practical cooperation to further consolidate bilateral relations.>>>

Highlights of Chinese premier's activities in Russia
The following are highlights of Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao's activities in Russia on Monday...>>> 

Wen, Putin vow to strengthen ties
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin held talks in St. Petersburg Monday evening during which they vowed to strengthen bilateral ties.>>>

Chinese premier starts two-day official visit to Russia
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao arrived in St. Petersburg of Russia Monday evening, kicking off his two-day official visit to the country, where he is expected to exchange views on further deepening and expanding China-Russia ties. >>> 

Beijing, Moscow join hands to fight drug trafficking
Drugs from Afghanistan, which "catalyze terrorism", pose a threat to the stability of China and Russia, a top Russian anti-drug official said.>>> 

Wen vows investment to Russia
Premier Wen Jiabao told a business forum here on Wednesday that Beijing understands Moscow's call for changing the trade structure between the nations, and encourages more and larger direct investment in the country.>>> 

Summit seeks a future for tigers
Wen urged the international community to join hands and crack down on poaching, the trade of tiger goods and smuggling.>>> 

From Russia with love of Chinese medicine
Born into a Russian medical family, 21-year-old Sosnin Maxim threw down the gauntlet to his parents and the medical community for the chance to study traditional Chinese medicine (TCM).>>>

Sino-Russian relationship now 'best ever'
Sino-Russian relations are at an unprecedented high ahead of meetings of the two nations' prime ministers and energy negotiators. >>> 

SCO pledges to fight terrorism and drug trade
Prime ministers of the member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) agreed to strengthen regional cooperation in the fight against terrorism at a meeting in Tajikistan on Thursday.>>> 

China-Russia economic, trade co-op new starts
As their strategic trust deepens, China and Russia are in constant endeavor to explore new areas and scales of economic and trade cooperation, bringing it to a new historic starting point, Chinese Minister of Commerce Chen Deming told Xinhua on Wednesday.>>> 

China, Russia quit dollar
China and Russia have decided to renounce the US dollar and resort to using their own currencies for bilateral trade, Premier Wen Jiabao and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin announced late on Tuesday.>>>  

China, Russia agree on energy cooperation
Visiting Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan met with his Russian counterpart Igor Sechin here on Monday, exchanging views on Sino-Russian bilateral energy cooperation and reaching consensus on further development.>>> 

China hopes for narrowing price difference of Russian gas
China expressed the hope that the pricing difference on natural gas imported from Russia would be narrowed through joint efforts from both sides. >>> 

Chinese experts hail Premier Wen's visit to Russia
"Since the end of the Cold War, China and Russia have cooperated well and their influence has overflowed into the world arena," said Jiang Yi, a researcher at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. >>> 

Reciprocal neighbors
The remarks made by Premier Wen Jiabao after his arrival in St. Petersburg in Russia on Monday evening pointed to the significance of his two-day official visit to the northern neighbor. "I hope to inject new vigor into the comprehensive deepening of the Sino-Russian strategic partnership of coordination through my visit," he said.>>> 

Envoy: China-Russia ties are flourishing
"I can say without exaggeration that in the past several decades the China-Russia relationship has gained great momentum, and now is at its highest point in history," Russian Ambassador to China Sergey Razov told China Daily in an exclusive interview.>>>

Friendship with Russia
It's heartening to see that Russia has re- aped the initial rewards in its fight against the recent spate of menacing wildfires. China has watched with grave concern the deadly fires that have devastated large areas of western and central Russia.>>> 

Oct 12-14, 2009 

 Oct 27-29, 2008

Wen, Putin attend celebration for 60yrs diplomatic ties 

Putin's visit to consolidate relations

Background

Basic facts about Russia 

Basic facts about Tajikistan 

Factbook: SCO Member States
The six member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) are China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. Please click here to see some basic facts about the SCO member states. 

China 

Russia

        Kazakhstan

         Kyrgyzstan

         Tajikistan

        Uzbekistan

Factbook: SCO Observer States
The four observer states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) are Mongolia, India, Pakistan and Iran. Please click here to see some basic facts about the observer states.

India 

Iran

Mongolia

Pakistan