President Xi Jinping returned to Beijing on Saturday, wrapping up a four-day state visit to Russia that sent a strong message that the China-Russia relationship is rock solid, the victorious outcome of World War II cannot be challenged, and the world needs justice instead of hegemonism. In Moscow, Xi attended nearly 20 bilateral and multilateral events, including celebrations marking the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Soviet Union's Great Patriotic War.
BEIJING, May 10 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit to Russia has further consolidated the China-Russia comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination for a new era, led the world in jointly maintaining the postwar international order, and promoted the multi-polarization of the world and the reconstruction of the international political landscape, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Saturday. At the invitation of Russian President Vladimir Putin, Xi paid a state visit to Russia and attended the celebrations marking the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Soviet Union's Great Patriotic War from Wednesday to Saturday.
MOSCOW, May 9 (Xinhua) -- The victory in the World Anti-Fascist War is a shared victory of Russia and China over fascism and militarism, Galina Kulikova, first deputy chairperson of the Russia-China Friendship Association, has said. "China had been fighting Japanese aggressors since 1931," Kulikova told Xinhua in an interview, adding that if China had not put up such a heroic fight, Japan could have coordinated with Nazi Germany to wage a war against the Soviet Union on the Eastern Front.
Fu Cong (on the screen), China's permanent representative to the United Nations, speaks during a special solemn meeting in commemoration of all victims of World War II at the UN headquarters in New York on May 7, 2025. (Xinhua/Xie E) As the world marks the 80th anniversary of the World Anti-Fascist War victory, the international community must reaffirm its commitment to preserving the post-war international order and act together to defend peace, development and justice.
MOSCOW, May 8 (Xinhua) -- Russia and China's joint commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the victory in the World Anti-Fascist War underscores their profound friendship and shared commitment to preserving historical truth, a senior Russian official has said. The joint commemoration "once again reflects the level of mutual understanding, friendship and cooperation that has been developed between our countries," Dmitry Novikov, deputy chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation and first deputy chairman of the Russian State Duma Committee on International Affairs, said in a recent interview with Xinhua.
Chinese President Xi Jinping is paying a state visit to Russia from May 7 to 10 at the invitation of President Vladimir Putin of the Russian Federation to attend celebrations in Moscow marking the 80th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War. As unprecedented global changes unfold at a faster pace and the international order faces profound adjustments, China-Russia relations in the new era have always been forging ahead despite a complex external environment, demonstrating the relations' defining features of everlasting good-neighborliness and friendship, comprehensive strategic coordination and mutual benefit, cooperation and win-win.
ST. PETERSBURG, May 7 (Xinhua) -- The coordination between Russia and China, two major countries of the world, has injected momentum into building a multipolar world order, said a Russian expert.
White doves are released at the end of the commemoration activities marking the 70th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War, in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 3, 2015.
