Legislative cooperation is an important part of China-Russia relations, Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Monday during a meeting with visiting Russian Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matviyenko in Beijing.

Xi expressed hope that the two sides will make joint efforts to implement the important consensus reached by the two heads of state, promote and guarantee the sustained and sound development of bilateral cooperation in various fields from the legislative level, strengthen exchanges of experience in legislation and state governance, and push cooperation between the legislative bodies of the two countries to a new level.