From September 9 to 12, Li Xingqian, Vice Chairman of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT), led a delegation to visit Russia and attended the 7th China-Russia Small and Medium Enterprises Business Forum.

The China-Russia Small and Medium Enterprises Business Forum is an important institutional economic and trade event within the framework of the China-Russia Friendship Committee for Peace and Development. The forum was hosted by the China-Russia Friendship Committee for Peace and Development and co-organized by the Committee’s Business Council. About 800 representatives from the political and business communities of both countries attended the event. As the Chinese chair organization of the Business Council, the CCPIT organized a Chinese entrepreneurs’ delegation of over 300 participants to attend the forum. Delegates held discussions and exchanges on cooperation in areas such as the digital economy, regional cooperation, creative industries, tourism, e-commerce, and agriculture.

During his stay in Russia, Li Xingqian also traveled to Yekaterinburg, where he paid a visit to Wang Tong, Acting Consul General of China in Yekaterinburg, and met with heads of the Yekaterinburg Investment Agency and relevant enterprises. They exchanged views on issues including strengthening China-Russia trade, investment and industrial cooperation and intensifying regional economic and trade exchanges.