A promotional activity was held at the Russian Embassy in Beijing on Dec. 9 to introduce Russia's Abrau-Durso wine to the Chinese market. 

The event was attended by Andrey Denisov, Russian ambassador to China; Alexey Dakhnovskiy, Russian trade representative to China; Cao Derong, president of China Chamber of Commerce of Import and Export of Foodstuffs, Native Produce and Animal By-Products (CFNA); as well as enterprise representatives from both China and Russia.

 Ambassador Denisov highlighted the friendship between China and Russia, and shared his understanding of China's wine history in fluent Chinese. 

Alexey Dakhnovskiy emphasized the strong economic complementarity between the two countries and the fruitful bilateral trade cooperation. He said that compared with chocolate, ice cream and vodka, Russian wine is a relatively new product for Chinese consumers, but that "Russian wine products have a promising market potential in China based on Russia's assessment."

Cao Derong explained the expanding trade engagement between China and Russia. "Last year, China imported $4.1 billion of agricultural products from Russia, up 14% year on year," he said. "This figure increased by 4% year on year to $3.5 billion from January to October this year."

From:ChinaNews