On September 15, Vice Minister Sun Yibiao attended the 6th Meeting of Customs Cooperation Sub-committee of China-Russia Prime Ministers’ Regular Meeting Committee in Sochi, Russia.

Vice Minister Sun and Mr. Davydov, Deputy Head of Federal Customs Service of the Russian Federation exchanged views on economic and trade development of the two countries, adopted the adjusted sub-committee members, and heard the reports of the seven working groups and the bilaterial cooperation between border Customs. The two sides also exchanged in-depth views and reached broad consensus on issues of common concerns, such as mutual recognition of control, price information exchange, advance information exchange, statistics analysis，law enforcement cooperation，intellectual property rights protection, risk management, mutual recognition of Authorized Economic Operator (AEO), support for the Silk Road Economic Belt development and border Customs cooperation, etc.

Vice Minister Sun and Mr. Davydov signed Minutes of 6th Meeting of Customs Cooperation Sub-committee of China-Russia Prime Ministers’ Regular Meeting Committee and witnessed the signing of Working Plan for China-Russia Border Customs Cooperation Program between after the meeting.

Vice Minister Sun and Mr. Davydov also attended the award ceremony of Outstanding Contribution Award for China-Russia Customs Cooperation at the same day.