Zhu said at a regular press conference that Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji and Kasyanov have agreed to hold their next regular meeting in the fall of 2001 in Moscow.

Chinese President Jiang Zemin, Chairman Li Peng of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC) and Premier Zhu Rongji had meetings with Kasyanov, exchanged views on deepening mutually beneficial cooperation in the political, economic, scientific and technological fields and international affairs, and reached wide-ranging consensus.

China and Russia signed a number of documents during the fifth regular meeting of their heads of government. The documents include an agreement on the joint exploitation of forests, a Sino-Russian trade agreement effective from 2001 to 2005, and an agreement on Sino-Russian scientific and technological cooperation in the exploitation of land and mineral resources.

In addition, the two sides stressed their willingness to promote all-round cooperation in important sectors including trade, investment, science, technology, energy, power, mechanical manufacturing, aerospace, civil aviation manufacturing, communications, and military technology, on the basis of equality, mutual benefit, complementarity and in conformity with the rules of the market economy.

(Xinhua 11/07/2000)