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Presidential Executive Office2026
Events

Russia-China talks

The People’s Assembly House hosted Vladimir Putin’s talks with President of China Xi Jinping.

May 20, 2026
06:10
Beijing
President of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping held an official welcome ceremony for President of Russia Vladimir Putin.
Servicemen of the Guard of Honour standing at attention as President of China Xi Jinping hosts the official welcoming ceremony for Vladimir Putin.
Servicemen of the Guard of Honour standing at attention as President of China Xi Jinping hosts the official welcoming ceremony for Vladimir Putin.
President of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping during the official welcome ceremony.
President of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping during the official welcome ceremony.
With President of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping during the official welcome ceremony.
With President of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping during the official welcome ceremony.
Presentation of delegations during the official welcome ceremony in Beijing.
With President of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping during the official welcome ceremony.
With President of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping during the official welcome ceremony.
With President of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping during the official welcome ceremony.
With President of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping during the official welcome ceremony and presentation of the delegations.
With President of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping during the official welcome ceremony and presentation of the delegations.
With President of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping during the official welcome ceremony and presentation of the delegations.
With President of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping during the official welcome ceremony and presentation of the delegations.
With President of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping during the official welcome ceremony.
With President of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping during the official welcome ceremony.
With President of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping.
With President of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping during the official welcome ceremony.
Official welcome ceremony for President of Russia Vladimir Putin.
Official welcome ceremony for President of Russia Vladimir Putin.
With President of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping during the official welcome ceremony.
With President of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping during the official welcome ceremony.
With President of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping during the official welcome ceremony.
Official welcome ceremony for President of Russia Vladimir Putin in Beijing.
With President of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping.
With President of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping.
With President of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping during the official welcome ceremony.
With President of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping during the official welcome ceremony.
With President of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping during the official welcome ceremony.
Russian delegation during an official welcome ceremony for President of Russia Vladimir Putin.
With President of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping.
President of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping held an official welcome ceremony for President of Russia Vladimir Putin.
With President of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping during the official welcome ceremony.
With President of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping during the official welcome ceremony.
With President of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping during the official welcome ceremony.
With President of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping during the official welcome ceremony.
With President of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping.
With President of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping.
With President of People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping.
With President of People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping.
With President of People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping.
Russian-Chinese talks in restricted format.
Russian-Chinese talks in restricted format.
Russian-Chinese talks in restricted format.
Russian-Chinese talks in restricted format.
Russian-Chinese talks in restricted format.
Russia-China talks in the expanded format.
Russia-China talks in the expanded format.
Russia-China talks in the expanded format.
Russia-China talks in the expanded format.
During the Russia-China talks in the expanded format.
Members of the Russian delegation.
President of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping during the Russia-China talks in the expanded format.
Russia-China talks in the expanded format.
During the Russia-China talks in the expanded format.
Russia-China talks in the expanded format.
Document signing ceremony following the Russian-Chinese talks.
Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping sign a Joint Statement of the Russian Federation and the People’s Republic of China On Further Strengthening Comprehensive Partnership and Strategic Cooperation and On Deepening Relations of Good-Neighbourliness, Friendship and Cooperation.
Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping sign a Joint Statement of the Russian Federation and the People’s Republic of China On Further Strengthening Comprehensive Partnership and Strategic Cooperation and On Deepening Relations of Good-Neighbourliness, Friendship and Cooperation.
At the document signing ceremony following the Russian-Chinese talks.
At the document signing ceremony following the Russian-Chinese talks.
At the document signing ceremony following the Russian-Chinese talks.
President of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping at the document signing ceremony following the Russian-Chinese talks.
At the document signing ceremony following the Russian-Chinese talks.
At the document signing ceremony following the Russian-Chinese talks.

The official welcoming ceremony for President of Russia Vladimir Putin and the presentation of the delegations took place on Tiananmen Square.

The talks began with a restricted-format conversation and continued in an expanded format.

Following the talks, Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping signed a Joint Statement on Further Strengthening Comprehensive Partnership and Strategic Cooperation and Deepening Relations of Good-Neighbourliness, Friendship and Cooperation. The parties approved a Joint Declaration on the Formation of a Multipolar World and a New Type of International Relations. A number of bilateral intergovernmental, inter-agency, and corporate documents were also signed in the presence of the leaders.

Following the talks between President of Russia Vladimir Putin and President of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping, several intergovernmental documents were signed, namely, the Agreement on the Joint Construction of the Second Main Track of 1,435-mm gauge on the cross-border section of the Zabaikalsk-Manzhouli Railway and the Memorandum of Understanding on Urban Development.

A number of inter-agency documents were also signed concerning support for open trade and multilateralism, the development of sustainable trade in priority industrial products, customs personnel training, market regulation for 2026–2027, joint film production projects, and intellectual property matters. Additionally, several documents outlining interaction between relevant organisations in the fields of education and media were signed.

Memoranda of understanding were signed between the Rosatom State Atomic Energy Corporation and the Chinese Academy of Sciences, as well as the China Atomic Energy Authority and the Ministry of Science and Technology of the People’s Republic of China on cooperation in human resource development for the peaceful use of nuclear energy and scientific and technical cooperation in controlled thermonuclear fusion.

Furthermore, on the sidelines of the talks, an extensive package of documents was signed pertaining to innovation, sport, youth policy, and education, as well as a Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of the Republic of Tatarstan, Kazan Federal University, the Government of Shandong Province, and Shandong University on the establishment of Russia-China University of Advanced Technologies.

Following the talks, the leaders of Russia and China made statements to the press.

See also

Conversation with President of China Xi Jinping
May 20, 2026
Russia-China talks in expanded format
May 20, 2026
Press statements following Russia-China talks
May 20, 2026

See also

Vladimir Putin arrived in China on an official visit
May 19, 2026

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