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title: China begins importing Russian gas via a new pipeline network in Eastern Siberia
description: Russia has begun exporting natural gas to China via the overland pipeline.
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# [China begins importing Russian gas via a new pipeline network in Eastern Siberia](https://www.nationalinvestornetwork.com/oil-gas/china-begins-importing-russian-gas-via-a-new-pipeline-network-in-eastern-siberia)

 Written by [Jennifer Delay Iacullo](https://www.nationalinvestornetwork.com/oil-gas/author/jennifer-delay-iacullo) | Dec 5, 2019 1:20:40 AM

Russia has begun [exporting natural gas to China via the overland pipeline.](https://www.dw.com/en/russia-china-launch-gas-pipeline-power-of-siberia/a-51500187) On December 2, the parties marked the occasion in a ceremony that was attended by Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping via video link.

The Russian pipeline to China is part of an extensive 3,000-km network that handles gas from multiple fields in Eastern Siberia. This network, known as Power of Siberia, was built by Gazprom, a state-controlled Russian company.

The Power of Siberia system will eventually be able to deliver 38 billion cubic meters per year of gas to China. As a result, China is set to become the world’s second-largest importer of Russian gas.

Speaking at the December 2 ceremony, Putin described the launch of the new pipeline network as “a genuinely historical event” that would help strengthen ties between Moscow and Beijing. “This step takes Russo-Chinese strategic cooperation in energy to a qualitative new level and brings us closer to fulfilling the task ... of taking bilateral trade to $200 billion (€181 billion) by 2024,” he said.

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