Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, August 26. President Xi Jinping and Russian President Putin respectively sent letters on the 26th to congratulate the opening of the China-Russia Year of Science and Technology Innovation.
Xi Jinping pointed out that China and Russia are each other's largest neighbors. As the global new crown pneumonia epidemic is raging, China and Russia have worked together and helped each other to hold the China-Russia Science and Technology Innovation Year as scheduled, which fully reflects the high level and particularity of the comprehensive strategic partnership between China and Russia in the new era. It is believed that the successful practice of China and Russia in fighting the epidemic together and overcoming difficulties together will surely be transformed into a powerful driving force for strengthening exchanges and cooperation between the two countries.
Xi Jinping emphasized that China and Russia, as responsible world powers and important technological powers with important influence, should follow the trend of the times, grasp the general trend of development, and promote all-round, multi-level and wide-ranging exchanges and cooperation between scientific research workers and the scientific and technological circles of the two countries. Make new and greater contributions to promote the reform of the global governance system and build a community with a shared future for mankind.
Putin said in his congratulatory letter that technological innovation is currently one of the most promising areas of cooperation between Russia and China, which determines the future of the development of the two countries and affects the improvement of the living standards of the two peoples. The activities under the framework of this year of science and technology innovation are rich in content, including a series of cooperation projects such as scientific research, exhibitions, and academic exchanges. In particular, the governments, medical and scientific research departments of the two countries have carried out close cooperation on the fight against the new crown pneumonia epidemic and achieved a series of important results. Broad influence. I sincerely wish that the Year of Scientific and Technological Innovation will be held successfully and continue to add new connotations to the development of the comprehensive strategic partnership of cooperation between Russia and China in the new era.
In June 2019, during President Xi Jinping's visit to Russia, he and President Putin jointly announced that 2020 and 2021 will hold the China-Russia Year of Science and Technology Innovation. This is the first time that China and Russia have held a national year with the theme of "Science and Technology Innovation".