As expected, President Xi Jinping's visit to Russia has achieved eye-catching results and ushered in a new era in Sino-Russian relations.

It has sent a strong message to the outside world that China and Russia, as close neighbors and longtime friends, are determined to deepen and broaden their all-round cooperation at both the bilateral and international levels.

During Xi's visit, the two countries signed a joint statement on deepening the Sino-Russian comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership and they pledged to raise the volume of bilateral trade to $100 billion by 2015 and $200 billion by 2020. Last year bilateral trade reached a record high of $88 billion.