On November 4, 2025, Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, to further integrate the Chinese and Russian physical economies and plan out further development.
The Chinese Foreign Ministry reported, “President Xi pointed out that, anchored to the goal of higher-level and higher-quality development, China-Russia relations have forged ahead this year despite the turbulent external environment. It is our shared strategic choice to uphold, consolidate, and develop China-Russia relations. I met with President Vladimir Putin in Moscow and Beijing, where we had in-depth exchanges on strategic and overarching issues in China-Russia relations and mapped out new plans and priorities. The two sides must maintain close coordination, [to] effectively implement the important consensus President Putin and I have reached.”
Xi emphasized as the path to achieve this: “[B]oth sides should steadily expand mutual investment, carry out effective cooperation in traditional areas such as energy, connectivity, agriculture, aviation and aerospace; tap cooperation potential in artificial intelligence, digital economy, green development and other new areas to create new growth areas for cooperation;… The Recommendations for Formulating the 15th Five-Year Plan adopted at the fourth plenary session of the 20th CPC Central Committee not long ago [October 28] laid out the master plan and strategic blueprint for China’s economic and social development in the coming five years. China will advance its modernization on all fronts, steadfastly promote high-quality economic and social development, and expand high-standard opening up. China stands ready to work with Russia to pursue greater synergy between China’s 15th Five-Year Plan and Russia’s economic and social development strategies for the continuing benefit of our two peoples.”
