Xia Baolong, vice-chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and chairman of the Chinese side of the China-Russia Friendship Committee for Peace and Development, met with Igor Morgulov, the new Russian ambassador to China, on Jan 17.

Xia welcomed Morgulov to take his new office.

The two sides expressed their willingness to take the consensus of the two heads of state as a guide to support and promote people-to-people diplomacy, and constantly consolidate the foundation of public support for the everlasting friendship between China and Russia.