MOSCOW (Sputnik) — The signing ceremony took place on the sidelines of the 12th China International Cultural Industries Fair being held in the city of Shenzhen May 12-16, 2016.
This is the third cooperation agreement signed with a Chinese media outlet this year. The sides will exchange information on events in Russia and China, provide comprehensive support to each other’s reporters and contribute to boosting professional dialogue between the two countries in the media sphere. Plans are being discussed for joint media projects in various formats, including within the framework of the One Belt – One Road strategy.
“The cooperation agreement is a logical continuation of the friendly relations we have established with our colleagues at Dongbei Wang,” Dmitry Sobiyev, deputy head of Sputnik China, said during the ceremony. “Users of this website take a lively interest in news about Russia. The agreement will give the Chinese Internet audience prompt access to Sputnik content about the most important aspects of political and economic life in Russia, Russia-China cooperation and major international events.”
Bao Linxuan, editor-in-chief of Dongbei Wang news portal, for his part, said:
“The fact that the Rossiya Segodnya International Information Agency and Dongbei Wang have signed a cooperation agreement is very important. Remarkably, within the framework of the bilateral years of exchanges between Russian and Chinese media our connections have become deeper and closer. We exchange news items and reports about our economies, trade and culture. The Heilongjiang Province plays an important role in trade and economic relations between Russia and China, and we are very close geographically. I am sure that deeper cooperation between our media will promote exchanges in culture, trade and other areas and will bolster ties between our peoples.”
Dongbei Wang — is a key regional news portal in China. It is one of the most widely visited official websites offering a complex content. Its audience is concentrated mainly in northeast China. Dongbei Wang carries information in five languages: Chinese, Russian, English, Japanese and Korean.
