(RIA Novosti) - Russia and China are planning to sign 17 bilateral agreements in various spheres during the Russian prime minister's visit to China on November 9-10, Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Zhukov said Monday.
Zhukov, who is currently on a visit to China, said the two countries will sign an intergovernmental agreement on Russian-Chinese border regulations and an agreement on mutual investment, among the most important documents.
The sides will also sign a protocol on the conclusion of the development of the program on bilateral trade cooperation for 2006-2010, reports Trend.
Zhukov said bilateral trade approached $30 billion in 2005, and grew by 25%, year-on-year since the beginning of 2006. He said the bilateral trade volume could double by 2009.
"If we are going to increase the trade turnover with these rates, I am quite sure we may reach this volume [$60 billion] as early as in 2009," the deputy PM said.
He also said Russia and China will sign an agreement on mid-term and long-term cooperation in nuclear power industry.
Russia's Atomstroiexport is building the Tianwan NPP in eastern China's port city of Lianyungang, featuring improved VVER-1000 reactors and K-100-6/3000 turbo-generators, under a Russian-Chinese agreement signed in 1992.
"The first reactor block [2 reactors] will become fully operational in March, may be even earlier," Zhukov said.