Relations between Russia and China are developing dynamically, despite the unstable situation in the world, Premier of the State Council of China Li Qiang said on Wednesday.

"Despite the growing instability and uncertainty of the international situation, Sino-Russian relations have always been dynamically and steadily advancing," Li said at a meeting with Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin.

China is ready to further strengthen strategic cooperation with Russia, the premier added.

Russian Prime Minister Mishustin welcomed Chinese Premier Li to St. Petersburg for talks on Wednesday, a RIA Novosti correspondent reported.

Li arrived in St. Petersburg on Tuesday to participate in the 31st regular meeting of the heads of government of Russia and China. The talks are being held in a narrow format at the Boris Yeltsin Presidential Library.

Russia is represented by deputy prime ministers Tatyana Golikova, Alexander Novak and Dmitry Chernyshenko, Minister of Economic Development Maxim Reshetnikov, Minister of Science and Higher Education Valery Falkov, Minister for the Development of the Far East and the Arctic Alexei Chekunov, and Director of the Federal Financial Monitoring Service (Rosfinmonitoring) Yuri Chikhanchin.

Also participating in the talks are Russian Ambassador to China Igor Morgulov, Deputy Chief of the Government Staff Elmir Tagirov, Deputy Foreign Minister Igor Rudenko, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Alexei Gruzdev, Deputy Finance Minister Alexei Sazanov, and Central Bank Deputy Governor Vladimir Chistyukhin.

@Sputnik