Beijing, April 26th—Qian Hongshan, Vice- minister of the International Department of the CPC Central Committee, met here today with a delegation of the working group of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF) headed by Vadim Kumin, a economic consultant to the Chairman of the CPRF Central Committee.

Qian spoke highly of the relations between the two Parties and the two countries, saying that the two sides should actively implement the important consensus reached by the two heads of state, further strengthen traditional friendly relations, enhance experience exchanges in various fields and promote practical cooperation, so as to contribute to the in-depth development of China-Russia comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination.

Kumin said that he had gained a lot from his attendance at the opening ceremony of the second Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation and the thematic forum on people-to-people connectivity. The CPRF highly values its contacts with the CPC and attaches great importance to learning from the experience and practices of the CPC in party governance and state administration. The CPRF is willing to further deepen the cooperation between the two Parties and boost the development of state-to-state relations in the future.

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