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BEIJING, Nov. 1-- China and Russia signed nearly 20 deals here Wednesday in areas including investment, energy and space exploration. The deals came after the 22nd regular meeting between the heads of government of China and Russia held in the Great Hall of the People, Beijing. During the meeting, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang told his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev that as each other's biggest neighbor, China and Russia have witnessed robust development of the comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination. Li said for China, the biggest developing country in the world, development is the solution to all problems. Both China and Russia view each other's development as an important opportunity, therefore there is a broad prospect for both countries to synergize development strategies and further advance all-round cooperation, said Li. He said closer bilateral cooperation will contribute more to the peace and development in both countries, the region and the world. Li briefed Medvedev on the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) which was held from Oct. 18 to 24 in Beijing. He said that the CPC National Congress had just elected a new CPC Central Committee with Xi Jinping at the core, established Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era as the guiding spirit of the CPC and mapped out China's future goals of development. | 
