Xi Jinping, Medvedev to discuss strategic partnership.

MOSCOW, March 24 (Itar-Tass) - Visiting China's Vice-President Xi
Jinping on Wednesday will meet with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.
"Xi Jinping's visit to Russia opens the Russian-Chinese political
dialogue this year," the Kremlin press service said. "It is expected that
during his meeting with the Russian president, Xi Jinping will discuss a
wide range of issues of strategic partnership between Moscow and Beijing,
which has recently been on the rise and has reached an unprecedented
level."
"Strategic partnership between Russia and China has in many respects
been promoted by the mechanism of extensive top-level dialogue," the press
service reminded. "The year 2009 saw five summit meetings between heads of
the two countries. Moscow's and Beijing's join efforts help consolidate
the material base of bilateral relations, expand humanitarian cooperation,
which in general strengthens friendship and mutual understanding between
the Russian and Chinese peoples, enhances the social base of the
Russian-Chinese relations."
Born in 1953, Xi Jinping is one of China's youngest and most promising
political figures. In 2007, he became one of Chinese Communist party
leaders. Since March 2008, he has been China's vice-president. He is also
rector of the Party School under the Communist party's central committee.
Xi Jinping and Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Tuesday
attended an opening ceremony of the Year of the Chinese Language in
Russia. The program of festivities includes more than 80 events, including
conferences, exhibitions, contests, student exchanges, tours of Chinese
theatrical companies and performers, etc.
The Year of the Chinese Language in Russia followed the Year of the
Russian Language in China in 2009, which included more than 200 events
involving thousands of students from China's 103 higher educational
establishments.
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