China, Russia vow to advance cultural exchange

 MOSCOW, Dec. 5 (Xinhua) -- Senior Chinese and Russian officials on Wednesday agreed here to work together and take effective measures to push forward people-to-people and cultural exchange programs between the two countries.

While meeting with Deputy Russian Prime Minister Olga Golodets Wednesday in Moscow, the Russian national capital, Chinese State Councilor Liu Yandong said people-to-people and cultural cooperation programs had become an important force to boost bilateral¹ ties over the past five years, with cooperation fields expanding to nine fields ranging from education, tourism to media, and legions of events being organized in both countries, which attracted hundreds of millions of residents in the two countries, helping² improve understanding and friendship of the two peoples.

It is necessary to take pragmatic measures to boost exchange programs in this regard so that they could benefit the peoples of the two countries and make new contribution to solidify³ and promote the Sino-Russian comprehensive strategic partnership⁴ of cooperation, said Liu.

Liu and Golodets also co-chaired the 13th session of the China- Russia Committee on Humanities Cooperation.

While expressing her message of congratulations on the success of the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the deputy Russian prime minister hailed the positive development signs in Russian-Chinese ties at present and echoed Liu's pledge in boosting people-to-people and cultural exchange programs in the future.

Following the meeting, Liu and Golodets attended a ceremony for signing of documents concerning educational cooperation and unveiled the Chinese Culture Center in Moscow.

Liu arrived in Moscow Tuesday, starting a four-leg visit which will also take her to Cambodia, New Zealand and Australia.

1 bilateral   

adj.双方的，两边的，两侧的

参考例句：

• They have been negotiating a bilateral trade deal.他们一直在商谈一项双边贸易协定。
• There was a wide gap between the views of the two statesmen on the bilateral cooperation.对双方合作的问题，两位政治家各自所持的看法差距甚大。

2 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

3 solidify   

v.(使)凝固，(使)固化，(使)团结

参考例句：

• Opinion on this question began to solidify.对这个问题的意见开始具体化了。
• Water will solidify into ice if you freeze it.水冷冻会结冰。

4 partnership   

n.合作关系，伙伴关系

参考例句：

• The company has gone into partnership with Swiss Bank Corporation.这家公司已经和瑞士银行公司建立合作关系。
• Martin has taken him into general partnership in his company.马丁已让他成为公司的普通合伙人。