Chinese Premier Li Qiang is in St Petersburg for discussions with his counterpart, Russian Premier Mikhail Mishustin, on the issues of trade, economics, industry, energy, culture, and education. Li was given a tour of the palaces of Catherine and of Alexander I at the Tsarskoye Selo, and was shown the Chinese Hall of Catherine the Great. The palace of Tsarskoye Selo was also the site of the Imperial School, which the young Alexander Pushkin attended and at which he had made his debut as a poet.
They were joined by the Minister of Culture, Olga Lyubimova, and the First Deputy Minister of Finance, Irina Okladinkova.
