Preparations begin for the Year of the Russian Language in China
The organizing committee for the 2009 Year of the Russian Language in China held its first meeting this week.
Agreement to hold the Year of the Russian Language in China in 2009 and the Year of the Chinese Language in the Russian Federation in 2010 was reached at the summit in May this year. The project aims to further strengthen friendly relations between the two countries.
The joint Russian-Chinese communiqué on the Beijing summit states that the parties will properly prepare and hold all events of the Year of the Russian Language in China and the Year of the Chinese Language in Russia, establishing a high-level organizing committee to coordinate the work.
The regional administration’s press office reported that the Russian side of the organizing committee included five governors, heads of several federal ministries, agencies and educational institutions, and State Duma deputies.