Chinese vice premier calls for expanding areas of cooperation with Russia

Chinese Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang on Tuesday called for expanding areas of cooperation with Russia to achieve more practical results during a meeting with Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov in Beijing.

Ding, also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, said that under the strategic guidance of President Xi Jinping and President Vladimir Putin, China and Russia have worked together to push for a good development momentum of bilateral investment cooperation.

Noting that this year marks the 30th anniversary of the establishment of the China-Russia strategic partnership of coordination and the 25th anniversary of the signing of the China-Russia Treaty of Good-Neighborliness and Friendly Cooperation, Ding urged both sides to seize the opportunity to deliver on the important common understandings reached by the two heads of state.

He also called on the two sides to leverage the coordination role of the China-Russia Investment Cooperation Committee, advance key projects in a steady manner, expand cooperation areas to achieve more practical results, and continuously inject strong momentum into the development of bilateral relations.

Manturov said Russia is willing to strengthen strategic alignment with China, expand the scope of cooperation, actively address issues of mutual concern, and continually enhance investment cooperation between the two countries.

Myanmar exported 305,821 tons of rice and broken rice in the first two months of the current fiscal year 2026-27, which began in April, according to the Myanmar Rice Federation on Sunday.

The Southeast Asian country earned about 93 million U.S. dollars from the exports during the period, the federation said.

According to the federation's data, rice exports in April and May this fiscal year were lower than the over 400,000 tons exported during the same period last fiscal year.