SHANGHAI, March 31. /TASS/. Over 60 experts from Russia and China will take part in a two-day conference being hosted by the Valdai International Discussion Club and the Center for Russian Studies at East China Normal University.

The event titled "Space of Joint Development: Global and Eurasian Dimensions" kicks off in Shanghai on March 31.

The conference will feature four thematic sessions, namely "Russia and China: strategic partnership in a multipolar world," "Global and regional challenges for Eurasia," "Promising areas of bilateral cooperation: large-scale projects in Eurasia, artificial intelligence, and new payment mechanisms," and "The future of international institutions and international law."

Addressing a plenary meeting of the Valdai Club in Sochi in November, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Russia and China had reached an unprecedented level of mutual confidence, cooperation and friendship.