Vice Minister of Commerce meets Russian officials on major market events in Moscow

July 20, Vice minister of Commerce Gao with the Russian embassy in Beijing Chargé d ' affaires Morgulov, Russia to close the Moscow Cherkizovsky big market incident to Russia to inform the Russian side of the position, and make recommendations on the proper resolution of the incident. Gao points out that the Cherkizovsky market is the most concentrated market in Moscow and even in Russia. June 29, the Russian authorities suddenly ordered the closure of the market, not to reserve the handling of goods, clearing the booth time, resulting in a large number of Russian businessmen suffered great economic losses, at the same time, China's domestic thousands of affiliated export enterprises were affected. In the Russian-Chinese businessmen and people from all walks of life in China reacted strongly.　　China's leaders attach great importance to this, repeatedly instructed the Ministry of Commerce, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and other departments to strengthen consultations with the Russian authorities to minimize the loss of Chinese businessmen, and earnestly safeguard their legitimate rights and interests Gao said that China has no objection to Russia's legal crackdown on smuggling, but the core of the problem is that there is a widespread "grey customs clearance" phenomenon in Russia, and it has complex historical causes. He stressed that this year is the 60 anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Russia, President Hu's state visit to Russia in June and the second half will hold important bilateral activities such as regular meetings between the Chinese and Russian prime ministers, and implement a series of major economic and trade cooperation projects.　　In this good atmosphere of seeking friendship and cooperation, we hope that the two sides, in the spirit of further strengthening China-Russia strategic partnership and respect for history, will reach a consensus on proper resolution of the problem through friendly consultation and create favorable conditions for promoting the healthy development of Sino-Russian trade. To this end, Gao recommends: In the process of law enforcement, the Russian side should protect Chinese citizens ' personal and property safety, avoid any harm to Chinese citizens ' personal dignity and reduce their economic losses as soon as possible, meanwhile, the two sides should launch the Sino-Russian Customs cooperation mechanism, and jointly combat the "grey Customs clearance", establish a standard declaration channel To improve the efficiency of customs clearance and other issues of consultation.　　China will further strengthen the education and guidance to enterprises and Chinese businessmen, and ask them to comply with the law, while strengthening the supervision of domestic export links, with the Russian side to combat the "gray clearance", and strict quality of goods, to avoid fake and inferior products into the Russian market. Morgulov to report China's position and recommendations to the mainland. He said the Russian side has noted the importance of the Chinese leadership and the concern of the people, and Russia attaches great importance to it. The closure of the big market is the action of the Russian authorities to fight crime and rectify the domestic market order of Russia, not exclusively for Chinese businessmen. He agreed with the Chinese side on the proposal to strengthen coordination and dialogue in the framework of the two countries ' customs cooperation mechanism and to seek solutions for both sides, and believed that through friendly consultations, the problems would be properly resolved.