On November 4th, Chinese President Xi Jinping emphasized during his meeting with Russian Prime Minister Mishustin in Beijing that both sides should steadily expand mutual investment and carry out cooperation in traditional areas such as energy, inter

China-Russia energy cooperation is a cornerstone of pragmatic cooperation between the two countries and a positive force for maintaining global energy security. Especially in the current complex international situation, the comprehensive energy coope

Complementary advantages, the connection of energy endowment and broad market

China-Russia energy cooperation is built on natural complementary advantages - Russia has rich energy resources, while China is one of the largest energy consumption markets in the world.

This complementarity is particularly evident in the oil and gas sector. According to customs statistics, China imported 108.47 million tons of crude oil from Russia in 2024, accounting for 19.6% of China's total crude oil imports. Russia has become C

A series of cross-border energy infrastructure projects have been solidly advanced, with landmark projects such as the China-Russia crude oil pipeline, the China-Russia East-line natural gas pipeline (known as the Siberian Power 1), and the Yamal LNG

In an interview with the China Energy News, Han Yichen, a researcher at the Eurasian Institute of the Modern International Relations in China, stated that the two countries are shifting from expanding trade scale to constructing a whole industry chai

Yan Jiantao, the chief researcher of Jiecheng Energy Holdings Co., Ltd., also pointed out that China-Russia energy cooperation is moving from traditional trade complementarity to a more resilient and deeper direction covering infrastructure interconn

Shared mission, promote energy transformation and development

While traditional energy cooperation is being steadily pushed forward, the cooperation between the two countries in the field of clean energy is also accelerating. At the 22nd meeting of the Sino-Russian Energy Cooperation Committee held on September

As a major exporter of traditional energy, Russia is actively seeking to diversify its energy exports and modernize its economic structure. The development of clean energy is one of the important paths to achieve these goals. China has outstanding ad

Song Kui, the dean of the Sino-Russian Regional Economic Research Institute, said in an interview with China Energy News that the two countries encourage their companies to carry out mutual investment and cooperative development in green energy field

Nuclear energy cooperation between the two countries has presented new highlights. According to the Joint Statement of the 30th Regular Meeting of the Premier of China and Russia released on November 4, both sides will continue to promote the constru

Moreover, China and Russia are cooperating in developing a new generation of small nuclear reactors, planning a hydrogen energy industry chain, and exploring the joint development of solar and wind energy. These collaborations in cutting-edge fields

Beyond bilateral relations, deeply influencing the global energy governance and transformation process

As a major country with global influence, the significance of Sino-Russian energy cooperation has gone beyond the bilateral scope and profoundly affected global energy governance and transformation processes. As stated in the Joint Statement of the 3

Yan Shigang, a professor at the School of Economics of the China Foreign Affairs University, said in an interview with the China Energy News that China and Russia share high-level strategic interests in security. The two countries maintain close coor

Xu Qinhua, deputy director of the National Development and Strategy Research Institute at Renmin University of China told the China Energy News that the energy cooperation between China and Russia is not only the cornerstone of bilateral relations, b

The statement from Russian Energy Minister Ziweiliao accurately reveals the diverse dimensions of China-Russia energy cooperation - 'not only limited to the continuous expansion of energy supply scale, but also the layout of the whole industry chain.

As the global energy landscape undergoes profound changes, through the sustained consolidation and development of the comprehensive energy partnership between China and Russia, the two countries not only bring tangible benefits to the people of both