Xinhua Harbin, May 22
In the summer, lilacs are in full bloom, and the world's eyes converge on the Songhua River.
On May 21, the 8th China Russia Expo, which lasted for 6 days, ended successfully in Harbin. It was the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Russia. After ten years of spring and autumn, this grand event played a new chapter in the development of China Russia economic and trade integration.
Build a big stage for Chinese and Russian enterprises to seek opportunities——
Since 2014, more than 7200 Chinese and foreign enterprises and more than 1.05 million businessmen have "come with joy and return with satisfaction", with a total contract amount of 446.8 billion yuan, from transnational corporations to specialized and new enterprises, from the hinterland of Asia to the Horn of Africa.
Create new opportunities for China Russia trade——
As the highest level and largest comprehensive exhibition between China and Russia, the China Russia Expo is regarded as the "wind vane" of China Russia economic and trade cooperation. This session attracted more than 120 Chinese and foreign delegations from more than 40 countries and regions, and more than 5000 kinds of featured exhibits from around the world.
Provide a high platform for global sharing of Chinese opportunities——
The China Russia Expo has become a high-level platform to jointly build the "Belt and Road" and help the world share new opportunities for China's opening up.
Open to the north and open the door to embrace the world
Walking in the exhibition halls of the China Russia Expo, Chinese, Russian, English, Pakistani... mixed with the voices of negotiations in many languages came and went in a bustling crowd. This year, there are more foreign faces and more lively scenes, which is the first impression of many exhibitors.
On May 18, the first public day of the 8th China Russia Expo, the number of visitors reached 75000. Fresh deep-sea king crab, sweet home brewed sparkling wine, mellow dark chocolate... This expo is like opening a door to Russia.
As far as we can see, there are many blond Russians in the venue, especially in Hall A with the theme of Sino Russian cooperation, there are many exhibitors from Russia, and several federal subjects under Russia have special exhibition areas.
"This year's China Russia Expo is unique." Vassily Orlov, the governor of Amur State of Russia, who went to the exhibition area for talks, said that since 2014, Amur State and Heilongjiang Province have had close exchanges and cooperation. The holding of the China Russia Expo once again builds a platform for in-depth exchanges and sharing opportunities between the two places, To inject new impetus into the deepening of China Russia comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination in the new era.
It starts from the northeast, not just the northeast.
Looking back on the development of the China Russia Expo, it witnessed the gradual progress of the "Belt and Road" and the "Eurasian Economic Union", and the process of going hand in hand.
In 2014, the first China Russia Expo set a record in terms of the scale, quality, level, areas involved and number of participants of Russian exhibitions in China at that time.
In 2016, the third China Russia Expo came to the Russian Yekaterinburg National Convention and Exhibition Center for the first time, which was a grand event with a large scale of exhibitions and a large number of outbound exhibitors in the history of overseas exhibitions in China.
The fifth China Russia Expo in 2018 has created a new mechanism for local cooperation and exchange between China and Russia. The Expo has become a comprehensive brand platform with the highest level, largest scale, authority and expertise between China and Russia.
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In the past ten years, China and Russia have sowed the seeds of cooperation and harvested the fruits of development together. As the scale of China Russia trade continues to expand and the commodity structure continues to optimize, the bilateral trade volume between China and Russia will reach US $240.1 billion in 2023, reaching the trade target of US $200 billion set by the two countries one year ahead of schedule.
As an "old friend" of the five exhibitors, Russian businessman Aliosha frequently "praised": "With the help of the Expo, nearly a hundred of our agricultural products have been introduced into the Chinese market. This has become a major stage for us to see the forefront of global consumers and display new products."
New friends and old friends, sharing in diversified cooperation business opportunity
It started in China and Russia, not just China and Russia.
The international exhibition area of the China Russia Expo is like a "global village". Featured products from all over the world converge here, attracting exhibitors and buyers from all over the world.
Li Jie, a 35 year old Ghanaian boy, is attending the China Russia Expo for the second time. He and his five companions brought home special products such as African drums, wooden masks, shea butter, etc. "China has a big market and it is beautiful here," he told reporters in less fluent Chinese.
China's big market is a great opportunity for the world. By taking the "express train" of China Russia economic and trade development, the story of exhibitors changing from "first time visitors" to "repeat visitors" and then to "resident visitors" is constantly unfolding.
As the "new face" at the China Russia Expo, the main exhibit brought by Korean exhibitor Park Chung wai is the makeup brush set co branded with the IP image of "Line Dog Maltese". In the face of an endless stream of tourists coming to buy, he said frankly that "development in China will have huge returns".
In a corner of the international exhibition area of the 8th China Russia Expo, there are many tourists in front of the booth in Niigata Prefecture, Japan. Rice, kitchen utensils, handicrafts and other special exhibits attract attention. "I have participated in the Canton Fair and Shanghai exhibitions before, but I didn't expect that the popularity of the China Russia Expo would also be so strong." Yoshito Cheng, a staff member of the international department of Niigata Prefecture Government, said that he hoped to find partners at this exhibition to help more high-quality goods enter the Chinese market.
Fast alone, far away together. Sharing development opportunities with other countries is also to inject impetus into their own development.
Zhang Dekun, chairman of Heihe Kunpeng Biotechnology Co., Ltd., has already prepared his own product for the exhibition - "Cyber Red" soybean ice cream. "Combining modern biotechnology and innovative technology, the company has launched a variety of soy based foods." She said that the company is relying on science and technology to continuously improve the added value of its products, and the product market and sales continue to expand.
At present, more and more Chinese entrepreneurs and entrepreneurs like Zhang Dekun sincerely invite their partners to participate in the exhibition and make joint appearances with the upstream and downstream of the industrial chain... On the big stage of the China Russia Expo, Chinese and foreign enterprises have deep cooperation to write a vivid footnote to the economic globalization of "you have me, I have you".
Global attention and future oriented development
Attending forums, round tables, seminars, exchanges, talks, and artistic performances... Many Russian representatives feel that this China Russia Expo has a rich agenda, which is more than previous ones, and covers a broader range of topics and fields of China Russia cooperation.
"The China Russia Expo is a rare platform for cooperation and docking with well-known enterprises. We hope to further strengthen exchanges with foreign partners, share strategic opportunities and achieve mutual benefit and win-win results," said Zhou Liqun, general manager of China Chengtong International Investment Co., Ltd.
Heilongjiang Province, as the host of this grand event, is located in the central region of Northeast Asia, an important node of the China Mongolia Russia Economic Corridor, and has obvious regional advantages over Russia. In the first quarter of this year, the total import and export volume of Heilongjiang Province increased 10.3% year on year, 5.3 percentage points higher than that of the whole country. Among them, exports increased by 52% year on year, 47.1 percentage points higher than the national level, becoming a new highlight of foreign trade.
It starts from economy and trade, not only economy and trade.
Teng Ren, vice president of the Russian Research Institute of Heilongjiang University, said that China and Russia each have broad markets and rich resources, and the potential for local cooperation is huge. Northeast China and the Russian Far East are obviously complementary, and will continue to integrate and develop in the coordination and integration of industrial chain and supply chain in the future.
Liu Chunsheng, an associate professor at the Central University of Finance and Economics, believes that the holding of this China Russia Expo will not only further enhance the vitality of trade and create more business opportunities for Chinese and foreign enterprises, but also allow the people of China and Russia to more intuitively feel the cultural charm, enhance cultural exchanges, promote people to people connections, and lay a good foundation for cooperation in various fields.
Nikijing, the governor of Novgorod State of Russia, said that Novgorod State has long-term ties with many places in China, including Shandong, in the fields of culture, education, tourism and so on. In June this year, Novgorod will set up a booth at the Beijing International Tourism Exhibition.
Before the opening of the current China Russia Expo, the Joint Statement of the People's Republic of China and the Russian Federation on Deepening the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership of Coordination in the New Era on the 75th Anniversary of the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations between the two countries was signed and issued, which mapped out a new blueprint for the development of China Russia relations in the future.
"There is plenty of potential and space for China Russia cooperation, which will push bilateral economic and trade cooperation to a new level and inject strong momentum into the world economic recovery." Liu Xuesong, Director of the Department of Eurasia of the Ministry of Commerce, said that China Russia trade will certainly move towards a higher level, broader fields and deeper levels in the future, and inject strong impetus into the development and prosperity of Northeast Asia and even the world. (End)
