On December 12, 2019, Director-General of the Department of International Economic Affairs of the Foreign Ministry Wang Xiaolong and Director of Department of Economic Cooperation of the Foreign Ministry Stanislavov Evgeny Arnoldovich of Russia held the consultation on economic affairs at departmental level between the two Foreign Ministries. Both sides exchanged views on such topics as G20, BRICS, Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, reform of the World Trade Organization, reform of the international financial system, the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Belt and Road Initiative, reaching extensive consensus.