Chengdu (Sichuan Province, PRC) hosted the closing ceremony of the Russian-Chinese Youth Forum in the Volga-Yangtze format on the area in front of the Giant Panda Breeding Research Base. The ceremony was attended by Representative Plenipotentiary of the Russian President in the Volga Federal District Mikhail Babich and member of PRC State Council Yang Jiechi.
Youth cooperation is one of the priority areas in the Volga-Yangtze format. Interuniversity student exchange develops steadily; The youth from Russia and China study each other’s languages. For the last two years, the amount of students studying Chinese in Volga region universities increased by 3 times.
The participants of the forum shared their impressions with the members of Russian and Chinese official delegations, which comprised the officials of all the regions in the Volga-Yangtze format. They also painted in the details about the rich events programme.
In the end of the event, the Representative Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation in the Volga Federal District invited youth representatives from China to attend the regular youth forum in Volga Federal District in 2016.