On the afternoon of October 19, 2010, Chinese President Hu Jintao met with Chairman of the Russian Federation Council Sergei Mironov at the Great Hall of the People.

Hu said Russian President Dmitry Medvedev's three-day state visit to China last month has achieved important outcomes. China is ready to work with Russia to earnestly implement the consensus reached and tasks proposed during the high-level visits and give full play to the advantages and huge potential in bilateral ties. He said that China and Russia should make joint efforts to safeguard world peace, achieve common development and combat global challenges. Hu urged the two countries to work for the establishment of a more fair and rational international order.

Hu said China supports the increasing exchanges between legislative bodies of the two countries, hoping the two sides could make best of counterpart exchanges and help publicize the ideas of generational friendship and reciprocal cooperation. Both sides should actively push forward pragmatic cooperation from the perspective of legislative cooperation and with the existing cooperation committee as a platform. Both sides should tap the strong regional representation of their legislative bodies and promote cooperation and development in adjacent regions of the two countries. Hu also said the two countries should enhance coordination within multilateral mechanisms in a bid to contribute to improved China-Russia strategic partnership of coordination.

Mironov said during the visit to China, members of the Russian delegation personally experienced the enormous achievements made by China in economic development and improvement of people’s livelihood. The Russian side admired China’s great achievements and was proud of the strategic partnership of coordination established between the two countries, he added. Mironov said the development of Russia-China ties complies with the mutual interests of both countries as well as their common aspiration, adding that Medvedev's successful visit to China this year, during which the two countries signed a package of important deals and agreements, would play a positive promoting role in bilateral cooperation in all areas. The Russian Federation Council attaches importance to its ties with the NPC of China and will tap its own advantages and influence to facilitate bilateral cooperation in such areas as politics, trade, energy and regional cooperation so as to make new contributions to their friendship for generations, Mironov said.

Li Jianguo, Vice-Chairman and Secretary-General of NPC Standing Committee, and other officials attended the meeting.