President Xi Jinping has welcomed Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev on a two-day official visit to China. This is the second meeting between the two leaders since March.
Let's dive deeper into Sino-Russia economic ties. Sergey Sanakoev, general secretary of the Russian Chinese Chamber for Machinery and Innovation Products joins us tonight.
President Xi Jinping, choosing Russia as his first country to visit after taking office back in March. Just 7-months later, Prime Minister Medvedev is here in China with a large business delegation as well. Walk us through the importance of Prime Minister Medvedev's most recent visit to China.
Trade, investment, high tech, all these fields up for discussion between leaders of the two sides. Energy though, once again a major focal point of talks between Premier Li Keqiang and Prime Minister Medvedev. Will the Sino-Russian economic relationship be defined as an energy based relationship? If not how do we evolve beyond energy taking center stage?