China ready to fully implement common understandings of Xi, Putin: spokesman

China stands ready to work with Russia to fully implement the important common understandings reached by the two heads of state, and further promote the mutual trust, cooperation and friendship of the two countries, said Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun at a regular press conference in Beijing on Thursday.

Guo made the statement in response to a question about Russian President Vladimir Putin's state visit to China from Tuesday to Wednesday.

"During Russian President Putin's visit to China, President Xi Jinping had in-depth, friendly and fruitful talks with him. The two heads of state reached important new common understandings on advancing the China-Russia comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination for a new era, signed a joint statement on further strengthening comprehensive strategic coordination and deepening good-neighborliness and friendly cooperation, and witnessed the signing of 20 cooperation documents in fields such as economy and trade, education, and sci-tech. Our two countries also issued a joint statement on advocating a multipolar world and a new type of international relations, and reached 20 cooperation documents in other fields," said the spokesman.

"President Xi said that this year marks the 30th anniversary of the establishment of the China-Russia strategic partnership of coordination, noting that over the past 30 years, the positioning of China-Russia relations has been continuously elevated, reaching the highest level in history as a comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination for a new era and setting an example of a new type of major-country relations," said Guo.

"President Xi said that under the strategic guidance of the two heads of state, China-Russia relations have reached a new starting point, calling on both sides to follow the trend of the times featuring peace, development and win-win cooperation to achieve higher-quality development of bilateral relations. President Xi called for efforts to consolidate higher-quality political mutual trust and strengthen strategic support for each other, and stressed the need for China and Russia to empower higher-quality mutually beneficial cooperation and jointly promote their respective development and revitalization. He also stressed the need to promote higher-quality people-to-people exchanges and strengthen the foundation for lasting friendship between the two countries across generations, and called on China and Russia to pursue higher-quality international coordination and work together to reform and improve global governance," the spokesman continued.

"China stands ready to work with Russia to fully implement the important common understandings reached by the two heads of state, seize the historic opportunities, and further promote progress in aspects including mutual trust and friendship of the two countries, so as to better benefit the people of the two countries," said the spokesman.

China ready to fully implement common understandings of Xi, Putin: spokesman

Chinese Premier Li Qiang on Thursday presided over a State Council executive meeting that studied work on building a unified national market and reviewed and approved a plan for the development of a modern emergency response system during the 15th Five-Year Plan period (2026-2030).

Noting that building a unified national market is essential to advancing high-quality development, the meeting called for deepening institutional frameworks in areas such as property rights protection, market access, fair competition, social credit and market exit mechanisms.

The meeting also urged efforts to advance high-standard connectivity of market infrastructure to facilitate smooth economic circulation and effectively reduce logistics costs across society.

Emergency management is critical to protecting people's lives and property, the meeting said. It called for accelerating the development of a modern emergency response system, deepening reform and innovation in emergency management, and improving coordinated response mechanisms.

Efforts should be made to strengthen risk prevention at the source, enhance monitoring, forecasting and early warning, and accelerate a shift in governance toward proactive prevention, according to the meeting.

A draft revision of the Law on the People's Bank of China was also discussed and approved in principle at the meeting, which decided to submit the draft to the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress for deliberation.

Chinese premier chairs State Council executive meeting