On December 31, 2023, President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin exchanged messages of New Year greetings.

Xi Jinping, on behalf of the Chinese government and people, extended sincere congratulations and best wishes to President Vladimir Putin and the Russian people. Xi Jinping pointed out that in the face of changes unseen in a century and volatile international and regional situations, China-Russia relations have maintained sound and steady development, and progressed steadily in the right direction in 2023. Xi Jinping noted, during their two meetings in Moscow and Beijing this year, he and President Putin had candid exchanges and reached extensive  consensus on bilateral relations and major international and regional issues of common interest. Xi Jinping said, under the joint guidance of him and President Putin, the two sides have further deepened political mutual trust, strengthened strategic coordination and achieved new outcomes in mutually beneficial cooperation. As the bilateral trade volume reached the target of 200 billion U.S. dollars ahead of schedule and the Years of Sports Exchange successfully concluded, bilateral relations have enjoyed more solid material foundations and public support.

Xi Jinping pointed out that he and President Vladimir Putin have jointly announced that the two sides will hold the 2024-2025 Years of Culture between China and Russia. The two countries will also celebrate the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Russia. The development of China-Russia relations in the past three-quarters of a century has shown that continuously consolidating and developing the China-Russia comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination with ever-lasting good neighborliness and friendship and mutually beneficial cooperation serves the fundamental interests of the two countries and two peoples, meets the expectations of the international community and is in line with the trend of the times. Xi Jinping said he stands ready to maintain close contact with President Vladimir Putin and take the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations and the Years of Culture between China and Russia as an opportunity to guide the two countries to enhance mutual trust, expand cooperation and carry forward friendship, so as to ensure that the China-Russia relationship is moving steadily along the right path.

President Vladimir Putin extended sincere New Year greetings to President Xi Jinping and wishes the friendly Chinese people happiness and good health. Vladimir Putin said, he and President Xi met twice this year, injecting strong impetus into the all-round development of Russia-China comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination for a new era. Bilateral economic and trade cooperation has been booming, with bilateral trade volume surpassing the target of 200 billion U.S. dollars ahead of schedule and setting a new record. The Russia-China Years of Sports Exchanges were successfully held, the Russia-China Years of Culture are poised to start and the two countries will soon celebrate the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations. Vladimir Putin expressed the belief that with the joint efforts of both sides, the fruitful cooperation between the two countries in various fields will achieve greater results and bilateral cooperation within the frameworks of the United Nations, the G20, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and BRICS mechanisms will also make new progress.

On the same day, Premier Li Qiang of the State Council and Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin exchanged messages of New Year greetings. Li Qiang said under the strategic guidance of President Xi Jinping and President Vladimir Putin, the China-Russia comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination for a new era has been developing in a sustained, sound and stable manner, and the practical cooperation between the two sides in various fields has been continuously deepened. China will continue to work with Russia to follow through on the important common understandings reached by the two heads of state, strive for more results of practical cooperation, and inject new impetus into the development of bilateral relations. Noting that in 2023, the 28th regular meeting between Russian and Chinese heads of government has achieved fruitful results, Mikhail Mishustin said Russia is ready to maintain constructive communication with China to take bilateral cooperation to a higher level.