Visiting Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Tuesday witnessed the signing ceremony of media cooperation agreement in the Kremlin in Moscow.
The agreement, signed between the President of People's Daily Yang Zhenwu and Director General of Russia's Tass news agency Sergey Mikhaylov, states that both sides to strive to exchange comprehensive cooperation. Both sides are to jointly form comprehensive strategic partnership under the principles of equality and mutual trust and reporting.
2016 and 2017 have been tapped as the China-Russia Media Exchange Year, designed to create new opportunities and impetus for media cooperation between the two countries. Media exchanges and cooperation between China and Russia have been seen as high priority by the two heads of state. In June 25, 2016, both leaders attended the launching ceremony of Sino-Russian Mainstream Media Joint Interview Activity in Beijing.
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