Chinese and Russian experts in aeronautics got together Sunday for a two-day forum on cooperation in aviation and aeronautics in Xi'an, capital of northwest China's Shaanxi Province.

 

The event attracted experts from the Moscow Aviation Institute (MAI), Kazan State Technical University, Samara State Aerospace University and Chinese universities and institutions with interests in aeronautics.

 

The forum, focusing on aviation and aeronautic technologies, is aimed at promoting exchanges between China and Russia.

 

The event is being hosted by Northwestern Polytechnic University (NPU) which is a leading Chinese engineering university.

 

"With the good relationships between the NPU and Russian aviation universities we can strengthen exchanges and cooperation," said Gennady A. Sokolovskiy, a professor with the MAI.

 

The forum, co-sponsored by the three Russian institutions and the NPU, is a diary event in the 'Year of Russia in China'.

 

(Xinhua News Agency April 17, 2006)