During the visit Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev will take part in the meeting of the SCO Heads of State Council in Zhengzhou on 14-15 December, and will make a speech at the opening ceremony of the Second World Internet Conference in Wuzhen on 16 December. In addition he will hold the 20th regular meeting of the Russian and Chinese prime ministers with his Chinese counterpart Li Keqiang on 16-17 December in Beijing.
During the meeting in Zhengzhou the participants will focus on the status of and prospects for diverse cooperation between SCO countries in the context of global political and economic processes.
The leaders are planning to review the programme for multilateral trade and economic cooperation between SCO countries and a list of measures on the further development of SCO project activities in 2012-2016.
The participants are expected to adopt a joint communique and statement on regional economic cooperation and a number of decisions on SCO activities, including the endorsement of the SCO budget for 2016. A programme for cooperation between SCO countries’ customs services in 2016-2021 and a memorandum of understanding between the SCO Secretariat and the UN ESCATO Secretariat are to be signed. Per established practice, the SCO heads of state are expected to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
On 16 December in Wuzhen Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev and Chinese President Xi Jinping will speak at the opening ceremony of the Second World Internet Conference on a common and jointly governed world and the development of an internet community with a common destiny.
On 17 December, during the 20th regular meeting of the Russian and Chinese heads of state, Dmitry Medvedev and Li Keqiang will discuss a broad range of issues related to trade, economic, scientific-technical, investment and branch cooperation, as well as bilateral humanitarian and cultural exchanges.
The format for regular meetings between the Russian and Chinese prime ministers, which has operated since 1996, includes all fields of practical bilateral cooperation. They will discuss ways of improving the structure of bilateral trade, expanding investment cooperation, implementing joint energy projects and developing high-tech cooperation.
The signing of bilateral inter-government, inter-department and corporate documents will be timed to the regular meeting of the prime ministers.
Beijing will also host the ceremony to bring the years of youth exchange between Russia and China (2014-2015) to an end, and the opening of the years of Russian and Chinese media (2016-2017).