Han Zheng, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, Vice Premier of the State Council, and Chinese Chairman of the Sino-Russian Energy Cooperation Committee, hosted the Sino-Russian conference in Beijing on November 17, 2021 with Russian Deputy Prime Minister and Russian Chairman of the Committee Novak. The eighteenth meeting of the Energy Cooperation Committee.

At the meeting, South Korea put forward the following three suggestions on deepening Sino-Russian energy cooperation:

The first is to give full play to the leading role of major strategic projects. The two sides will further deepen cooperation in the nuclear energy field and promote cooperation in basic projects such as oil and gas pipeline construction.

The second is to expand new areas and connotations of energy cooperation, deepen the integration of upstream, middle and downstream cooperation in the traditional energy field, and gradually promote financial cooperation in renewable energy, hydrogen energy, energy storage, energy standards, technological innovation, and local currency settlement.

The third is to strengthen cooperation in global energy governance and response to climate change, adhere to the principle of common but differentiated responsibilities, practice multilateralism, and promote the development of the global energy governance system in a more fair, just, inclusive and inclusive direction, and make positive contributions to the response to climate change. contribute.

Novak said that with the current global COVID-19 pandemic, Russia and China need to work together in an important bilateral and multilateral agenda, and the energy cooperation between the two sides must reach an unprecedented level. Russia is willing to work with China to expand energy cooperation in a deeper and broader field, promote all-round cooperation, and push bilateral relations to a new level.Editor/XuNing