China News Service, Beijing, April 15 (Reporter Li Jingze) Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhao Lijian hosted a regular press conference on April 15.

A reporter asked a question on the current situation of Sino-Russian scientific and technological cooperation and exchanges.

  Zhao Lijian: As far as we know, the current Sino-Russian scientific and technological cooperation and exchanges are advancing normally.

Scientific and technological cooperation is an important part of China-Russia pragmatic cooperation and has maintained a good momentum in recent years.

From 2020 to 2021, the two sides will successfully hold the Year of Scientific and Technological Innovation, creatively implement more than a thousand cooperation and exchange activities, and achieve a series of fruitful results, laying a new starting point for future cooperation, which once again proves that the scientific and technological cooperation between the two countries has great potential and broad prospects.

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