"Plans are afoot to sign several agreements during President Hu Jintao's upcoming visit to Russia, including some relating to financial, customs, and telecommunication problems, as well as an agreement on the reciprocal verification of the quality of foodstuffs and other kinds of products," Chinese Deputy Minister of Commerce Yu Guangzhou stated here on Friday. The Chinese and Russian leaders will open here the China Year in Russia and will call at the Chinese National Exhibition, one of the Year's principal functions, Itar-Tass reported. The Chinese Minister of Commerce hopes that the China Year in Russia "will be just as successful as the Russia Year in the People's Republic of China". "We are going out of our way to impress our Russian colleagues," he stated.
