On December 31, 2015, President Xi Jinping and President Vladimir Putin of Russia exchanged New Year greetings.

In the congratulatory message, President Xi Jinping, on behalf of the Chinese government and the Chinese people, extended sincere greetings and best wishes to President Vladimir Putin as well as the Russian people. President Xi Jinping expressed that in 2015 China-Russia comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination has been running at a high level. Both sides jointly held the celebrations and commemorations marking the 70th anniversary of the victory of World War II, launched the docking and cooperation of the construction of the Silk Road Economic Belt and the building of the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU), deepened people-to-people and cultural exchanges, especially youth exchanges, intensified collaboration in international affairs, and promoted bilateral relations and cooperation in various fields to yield new fruitful results, which boosted the development of both sides, facilitated world peace and development, and infused positive energy in building new-type international relations with a core of cooperation and win-win outcomes. It is hoped that in the new year both sides will make joint efforts to carry forward the peaceful concept of China-Russia friendship from generation to generation, enhance political mutual trust, strengthen mutual support, and turn the advantages of high-level political relations into more cooperation achievements featuring mutual benefit and win-win result, so as to benefit people of the two countries and all around the world.

In the message, Vladimir Putin extended New Year greetings to President Xi Jinping as well as all the Chinese people, wishing China to become thriving and prosperous and all the Chinese people to have a happy and healthy life. Vladimir Putin expressed that in the waning year, the Russia-China relations witnessed a series of significant events. The high-level meetings brought a strong impetus for enlarging bilateral comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination, the joint celebration of the 70th anniversary of the victory of World War II consolidated the traditional friendship between the two peoples, the mutual launch of the China-Russia Youth Friendly Exchange Year met with great success and the China-Russia Media Exchange Year has also started. It is hoped that both sides continue to maintain close contact and cooperation so as to further promote the all-round development of Russia-China relations.