Urumqi, April 22nd—Chen Zhou, Vice-minister of the International Department of the CPC Central Committee, met here today with representatives of major political parties of Russia including Davankov Vladislav Andreyevich, Deputy Chairman of the State Duma, who came to China for the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Political Parties Forum. 

Chen welcomed the representatives, saying that under the joint leadership of the two heads of state, China-Russia comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination for the new era has continued to develop at a high level. The CPC is willing to strengthen exchanges with major political parties in Russia, make good use of multilateral platforms for political party such as the SCO Political Parties Forum, deepen experience exchanges in party building and state governance, firmly support each other, actively contribute to an SCO community with a shared future, and inject more certainty and positive energy into regional security, stability, development and prosperity. 

Representatives of major political parties in Russia said that the SCO Political Parties Forum has built a good platform for in-depth exchanges and dialogues among all parties. Russian political parties are willing to strengthen exchanges and cooperation with the CPC in various fields, strengthen bilateral and multilateral communication and coordination, and continue to actively contribute to the development of Russia-China relations in the new era.