Regions like Northeast China"s Heilongjiang and Liaoning provinces, which maintain close ties with Russia, are increasingly becoming attractive to Russian companies. Many Russian firms want to enter the Chinese market through these provinces, Bazhov said.

　　Ekaterina Valerievna Rassolenko, director of Russian company LLC Specialized Developer "Home Group," attended the expo for the first time. After attending the expo, she, along with a group of Russian businesses, visited multiple Chinese enterprises in Harbin on Wednesday. "I"m thrilled and confident to conduct cooperation with Chinese companies," she told the Global Times on Wednesday.

　　Under the framework of this expo, over 10 business events are reportedly held, covering bilateral scientific and technological cooperation, industrial park and cluster development, urban planning and construction, medical and health care, and many other fields, sharing new development opportunities.

　　Strong momentum

　　The China-Russia Expo showcases the strong resilience and robust vitality of China-Russia economic and trade cooperation. Bilateral trade volume reached $227.9 billion in 2025, surpassing the $200 billion mark for a third consecutive year, with China remaining Russia"s largest trading partner for 16 consecutive years, an official from China"s Ministry of Commerce said.

　　In the first quarter of this year, bilateral trade reached $61.2 billion, up 14.7 percent year-on-year, of which exports to Russia increased by 22 percent while imports from Russia up by 9 percent, marking a solid start, the official said.

　　As China"s largest land port, Manzhouli Railway Port in North China"s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region has witnessed the growing trade between the two countries.