On September 5, Vice Minister Sun Yibiao attended the First Meeting of Regional Cooperation Councils of China’s Northeast Provinces and Russia’s Far East and the opening ceremony of the Round Table of Chinese and Russian Businessmen in Vladivostok, Russia. The meeting was co-chaired by Chinese Vice Premier Wang Yang, and his Russian counterpart Yury Trutnev.

On September 4, Vice Minister Sun attended the opening ceremony of the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok. Russian President Vladimir Putin attended the opening ceremony and delivered a keynote speech.