eserve the Sino-Russia relationship.4.China and Russia should diversify the importing and exporting commodities. Now Main products exported through border and local trade are cereals, oils and food, vegetables and fruits, garments, shoes, general merchandise, construction materials, electronics and computer equipment, medicines, oil tar, asphalt, refractory materials, ceramics, cigarettes and tobacco, and cotton. China-made electrical household appliances and electrical products are also entering Russian market. Chinese and Russian traders should analyze mutual markets thoroughly and then pursue a great variety of commodities.5.China and Russia must continue to provide good policies for the Sino-Russia trade relationship. Fortunately, the Russian government has announced on September 4th, 2000 that Russia is going to have a better control the custom duty. From 2001 Russia will decrease the kinds of custom duties from 7 to 4, and the highest duty decrease from 30% to 29%. On the other hand, the undersecretary of Chinas Foreign-trade Department, Long Yongtu announced that any enterprises could directly take part in foreign trade after the registration in business branches, in no need of the governments permission. These all show the determination of mutual governments, however, they still need go on the preferential policies, more important, they should struggle against corruption and malfeasance in order that mutual traders can really enjoy these policies.6.Chinese and Russian governments should strengthen the cooperation in the scientific resources, energy and capital field. Now China still tries its best to finish a program Russia-China Energy Bridge. United Energy Systems of Russia has signed a co-operation agreement with China and is proposing the development of this project that provides for volume electricity exports from Russia to China. Existing power plants in Siberia have sufficient capacity to export up to 15 billion to 18 bil...
