MAJOR STRATEGIC PROJECTS

Major strategic projects are of top priority in China-Russia pragmatic cooperation. The two countries have established close cooperative relations in investment, energy, high-speed railway construction, aviation, aerospace, infrastructure development and Far East exploitation.

The construction of the China-Russia natural gas pipeline through the eastern route, with the first deliveries of gas scheduled for 2018, is among the most important projects which promote new growth points for the cooperation between China and Russia.

Another important bilateral project is the construction of a bridge over the Heilongjiang River (the Amur River) between the Chinese city of Tongjiang and the Russian village of Nizhneleninskoye.

Sanakoev said there is a great potential in bilateral cooperation in construction of transportation infrastructure such as roads, bridges, railways, tunnels, airports and ports. Moreover, such cooperation will benefit Russia's economic development and be granted China's financial support.

At the 11th China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition held in Zhuhai City in south China's Guangdong Province on Nov. 1-6, a long-range wide-body aircraft model, developed by China's Commercial Aircraft Corporation and Russia's United Aircraft Corporation, was revealed and caught widespread public attention.

Currently, jointly developing the long-range wide-body aircraft is a major strategic project of the two countries.

Vassili Kashin, an expert with Russia's strategic and technical analysis center, said that Russia has accumulated experiences in manufacturing wide-body aircraft, and China has made visible progress in the civil aviation industry. Therefore, the joint research and manufacture project is feasible and will enhance the economic security of the two countries.

In the development of their comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership, China and Russia have seen bilateral relations develop in a sustained, stable and sound manner, while their pragmatic cooperation has kept bearing new fruits.