On February 17, at 10:00 am Moscow time (GMT+3), the Valdai Club and the Center for Russian Studies of the East China Normal University hosted an expert discussion, titled “Driving Forces in Russian-Chinese Relations: Unlocking Potential, Improving Quality and Efficiency”. Feng Shaolei, Director of the Center for Russian Studies, East China Normal University; Vasily Kashin, Senior Research Fellow, Center for Comprehensive European and International Studies, National Research University Higher School of Economics; Alexander Lomanov, Deputy Director for Research, Head of the Center for Asia-Pacific Studies, Chief Researcher at the Primakov Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO), RAS; Xing Guangcheng, Academician of the Academy of Public Sciences (APS) of the PRC, Director of the APS Center for Geography and History of the Chinese Border Territories, Leading Research Associate; Zhang Xin, Deputy Director of the Center for Russian Studies, East China Normal University; Bei Wenli, Secretary of CCP Committee Branch, Deputy Dean, School of Advanced International and Area Studies, East China Normal University; Anastasia Likhacheva, Director of the Center for Comprehensive European and International Studies (CCEIS); Fyodor Lukyanov, Research Director of the Valdai Discussion Club; Qu Wenyi, Professor at the Center for Russian Studies, East China Normal University; Wang Haiyan, Executive Director of the Center for the Study of Kazakhstan, East China Normal University participated. The conference was moderated by Timofei Bordachev, Programme Director of the Valdai Discussion Club.