Deputy President of the RIA Novosti news agency Andrey Ilyashenko said that the
theme year had stimulated increased exchanges between Russia and China, and will
help the Russian people to know more about China. He said he hoped that after
the seminar the media of the two countries would cooperate at a higher level.


Nan Zhengzhong (C), Editor-in-Chief of
China's Xinhua News agency, attends a Russian-Chinese media seminar in Moscow,
May 25, 2007.


Xinhua News Agency's Deputy Editor-in-chief Ju Mengjun speaks at a
press conference on the Russian-Chinese media seminar in Moscow, May 24, 2007.