Chronologies
China - Russia
Chronology from Sep 2023 to Dec 2023
: China’s Finance Minister Lan Fo’an and Russian counterpart Anton Siluanov hold the 9th China-Russia Financial Dialogue in Beijing. They sign an MoU on audit standards and audit supervision to facilitate cross-border capital flow and bond issuance between China and Russia. They also agree to work with other multilateral forums for post-Covid recovery and to cooperate on BRICS’ New Development Bank (NDB) with its five new members starting from 2024.
: Chinese Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang and Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak co-chair the 20th Russian-Chinese Intergovernmental Commission on Energy Cooperation in Beijing.
: Russia and China conduct 7th joint air patrol over the Sea of Japan and East China Sea with Russia’s Tupolev-95MS strategic bombers and China’s Hong-6K strategic bombers. Russia’s Sukhoi-35S and China’s Su-30/Jian-11B provide support along the route. The first joint patrol was made in 2019.
: China and Russia hold consultations on human rights affairs in Beijing. Special Representative for Human Rights of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China Yang Xiaokun co-chaired the consultations with Russian counterpart Grigory Evguenievich Lukiyantsev, director of the Department for Humanitarian Cooperation and Human Rights of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Special Representative for Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law.
: Fourteenth Plenary Session of the China-Russia Friendship Committee for Peace and Development is held in Beijing. China’s Vice President Han Zheng meets representatives of both sides.
: Chairman of the Russian State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin leads a delegation to China at the invitation of Zhao Leji, chairman of the National People’s Congress Standing Committee. President Xi meets Volodin on Nov. 22.
: Tenth meeting of the dialogue mechanism between the ruling parties of China and Russia is held online. Both Putin and Xi send congratulation messages.
: Fourth meeting of the council of cooperation between the upper and middle reaches of the Yangtze River and the Volga Federal District is held in Nanchang, Jiangxi Province. It is co-chaired by China’s Vice Premier Zhang Guoqing and Russia’s Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Volga Federal District Igor Komarov.
: President Putin receives Vice Chairman of China’s Central Military Commission Zhang Youxia at the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow. Zhang holds a “regular meeting of the commission on military-technical cooperation” with his Russian counterpart. Putin told Zhang that Russia and China “are not seeking to create any military alliances using Cold War-era templates and have been maintaining constructive ties which have become a serious stability factor globally.” He also speaks highly on economic relations with China.
: Chinese Premier Li Qiang and Russian PM Mishustin meet on the sidelines of the 22nd SCO annual PM meeting in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. Li tells Mishustin that “China supports enterprises from China and Russia in deepening cooperation on automobile manufacturing.”
: Special Envoy of the Chinese Government on the Middle East Issue Zhai Jun meets in Beijing with Special Presidential Representative for the Middle East and Africa and Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia Bogdanov Mikhail. They exchange views on the Palestine-Israel situation.
: Fifth China-Russia Energy Business Forum is held in Beijing. Xi and Putin send congratulatory letters. More than 400 representatives from China and Russia attend.
: President Putin visits Beijing to participate in the 3rd Belt-Road-Initiative Forum. He holds talks with President Xi Jinping on Oct. 18.
: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi meets Russian FM Lavrov in Beijing ahead of the 3rd Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation (BRF). They also exchange views on the tension between Palestine and Israel.
: Vice Foreign Minister Ma Zhaoxu meets Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Rudenko Andrey Yurevich in Beijing. They have “an in-depth exchange of views” on China-Russia strategic partnership, as well as international and regional issues of interest and concern.
: China’s Special Envoy on Afghan Affairs Yue Xiaoyong attends the 5th meeting of the Moscow Format Consultations on Afghanistan held in Kazan, Russia. Yue also holds a China-Afghanistan-Pakistan tripartite meeting with Acting Foreign Minister of the Afghan Interim Government Amir Khan Muttaqi and Pakistan’s Special Representative on Afghanistan Asif Durrani on the sidelines of the Moscow Format Consultations in Kazan.
: China, Russia, and Mongolia hold the first trilateral meeting of high representatives for security issues in Moscow. Chinese FM Wang Yi, Secretary of the Russian Federation Security Council Nikolai Patrushev, and Secretary of the National Security Council of Mongolia Enkhbayar Jadamba are present. They discuss the China-Russia-Mongolia Economic Corridor and the proposed Power of Siberia 2 natural gas pipeline going through Mongolia. They also agree to further “institutionalize” the trilateral security dialogue.
: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi visits Moscow to co-chair the 18th round of China-Russia strategic security consultations with Russian counterpart National Security Secretary Nikolai Patrushev. In Moscow, Wang first meets Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov who briefs Wang on the Ukraine issue and “applauded China’s position paper for accommodating the security concerns of all parties and being conducive to eliminating the root causes of the conflict.” Putin meets Wang on Sept. 20 and “reiterated Russia’s readiness to resolve the issue through dialogue and negotiation.” In Moscow, Wang also meets Mongolia’s Secretary of the National Security Council Enkhbayar Jadamba.
: Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Ma Zhaoxu meets Russian Ambassador to Beijing Igor Morgulov in Beijing. The two discussed the preparations for the third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation to be held in October.
: China’s Vice Premier Zhang Guoqing visits Vladivostok for the 8th Eastern Economic Forum. President Putin meets him Sept. 12. Zhang holds meetings with Russian Deputy Prime Minister Yury Trutnev, who is also Presidential Envoy to the Far Eastern District. Zhang also met Russian Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov, who oversees Russia’s industrial development.