Shanghai City Mayor Yang Xiong met with Russia's Ambassador to Shanghai Mayor Yang Xiong | | Russia Ambassador to China _ news

People of Washington Mayor Yang Xiong, Shanghai, 18th in the afternoon, met with Russia's Ambassador Andrey Denisov, welcomed the Ambassador visits Shanghai. Russia Consul Smorodin attended the meeting.

Yang said that in recent years, China and Russia maintain a good momentum of development of bilateral comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership. Shortly before the CICA Summit held in Shanghai during the Sino-Russian also reached a series of important cooperation to further consolidate and deepen the friendly relations between the two countries. Shanghai establish sister city with Saint Petersburg already has more than 20 years, Shanghai enterprises to invest in the local construction of the "Baltic Pearl" project is progressing well. Last year, the two cities signed a memorandum of understanding was a new round, inter-city exchanges and deeper.

Yang said the Moscow city, Moscow region, Russia also expressed the intention to strengthen exchanges and cooperation with Shanghai, Shanghai is willing to deepen the bilateral comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership to play a greater role. At present, the construction of free trade zone, Shanghai is progressing, accounts of recent reform initiatives, such as the implementation of free trade, and will provide more convenience for enterprises to develop trade and investment, also will further promote Shanghai and Russia's economic and trade cooperation.

Denisov during the Summit in Shanghai in a yaxin Russia delegation expressed gratitude for the warm hospitality and thoughtful arrangements. He said that Shanghai in the Russia-China friendly exchanges and cooperation plays a positive and important role. Shanghai "four" and the free trade area building by the Russia public attention. He will work hard to promote bilateral comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership, as well as Russia and Shanghai exchanges development cooperation and achieve more.

(Original title: construction of free trade zone, Shanghai to promote Shanghai-China-Russia economic and trade cooperation)

02:15 June 19, 2014 First financial daily