On the morning of June 8, 2007, at the invitation of Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Dmitri Medvedev, who chairs the organizing committee of the Russian side for the Year of Russia and the Year of China, Chinese Vice Premier Wu Yi, who chairs the organizing committee of the Chinese side for the Year of Russia and the Year of China, left Beijing for Russia to attend the 11th St. Petersburg International Economic Forum and activities related to the Year of China in Russia.