Chinese President Hu Jintao said Thursday that China will work with Russia to further promote an all-round and in-depth development of the Sino-Russian strategic partnership of cooperation in four principles.

The first principle is to insist on mutual respect, equal treatment and mutual support and continuously strengthen political mutual trust. Both sides should respect each other's stance, and the domestic and foreign policies on issues concerning national sovereignty and territorial integrity.

The second is to insist on complementarity and mutual benefit and seek for common development from a long-term perspective. The two sides should give full play to the present bilateral cooperation mechanism, stress the further development of bilateral ltrade and investment cooperation, and speed up cooperation in such fields as big energy projects and high-tech, as well as cooperation between localities of the two countries.

The third is to insist on coordination, cooperation and mutual trust to jointly create a sound international environment with further cooperation. The two sides should continue to take measures in different ways to enhance bilateral communication and coordination in major international and regional affairs, support multilateralism and the United Nations' important role in international affairs, and push forward the establishment of a just and rational new international political and economic order.

The fourth is to learn from each other and expand exchanges to lay a solid social foundation for the bilateral friendship from generation to generation. The two sides should expand cultural cooperation and social exchanges to deepen the traditional friendship between the two peoples.