Treaty on good neighbourhood, friendship and co-operation between the Russian Federation and the People's Republic of China Document type Bilateral Field of application Regional/restricted Date Jul 16, 2001 Source FAO, FAOLEX; IUCN (ID: TRE-153036) Language Russian Subject Environment gen. Keyword Environmental planning Disasters International agreement-text Inland waters Ecosystem preservation Access-to-information Geographical area East Asian Seas, Caspian Sea, Europe, North Pacific, Arctic, CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Eastern Asia, Asia, North-West Pacific, Black Sea, Eastern Europe Abstract Article 19 states that the contracting parties must carry out cooperation in the field of protection and improvement of environment, prevention of transborder pollution, just rational use of frontier waters, live biodiversity in the Northern part of the Pacific Ocean and within the basins of frontier rivers. The contracting parties must undertake joint efforts in the field of protection of rare flora, fauna and ecosystems within transborder areas, and must carry out cooperation in the field of prevention of disasters of environmental and technological kind in both states and liquidation of their consequences. Full text Other Country/Territory/Participant See Expanded View Show Map Countries Entry into force China - Russian Federation - reset zoom out zoom in