the arctic and we would and has long been involved in the arctic affairs in 1925 china joined us fogarty treaty and officially started participating in arctic affairs and since then china has been constantly ramping up its research activity accumulating experience increasing its involvement in facilitating cooperation with other countries. china has been developing an integrated scientific system for monitoring oceanic atmospheric biological and geological processes in the arctic being an important member of the international community china actively participating creating and regulations regarding the arctic and of course china has launched a build a road initiative to build the so-called ice road together with others to create new opportunities for cooperation. transportation. and to promote sustainable social and economic development of the arctic region. china and russia share common interests in the arctic and our advantages complement each other. in the arctic is becoming a new landmark in developing collaboration between our 2 nations we have been working together to develop the j