A NEW START
An exciting moment in the history of China-Russia relations took place on December 2, as a Chinese representative at the Heihe Station reported that it was ready to receive natural gas and Russian representatives at the Atamanskaya compressor station and Chayandin gas field announced they were ready to provide it. Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin then issued the order for the official launch of the China-Russia east-route natural gas pipeline.
Starting in Siberia, Russia, the pipeline enters China at Heihe in bordering Heilongjiang Province. Then it stretches across northeast China and through Hebei, Tianjin, Shandong and Jiangsu, to reach Shanghai. It will connect to existing regional gas transmission pipeline networks in China and supply natural gas to the areas along the line.
In the next 30 years, a total of 1 trillion cubic meters of natural gas
