Senior Chinese legislator calls for closer co-op with Russia

　　The NPC has maintained regular exchange mechanism with the Federation Council, upper house of the Russian parliament and the State Duma, the lower house, since 2005.

Lu Yongxiang (R), vice chairman of China's National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee, shakes hands with Deputy Chairman of Russia's lower house of Parliament Valentin Kuptsov, in Moscow June 5, 2007.