The parliamentary diplomacy is an essential complementary tool to traditional diplomacy. At the beginning of each convocation, The State Duma establishes Deputy Groups on interaction with foreign parliaments that are committeed to facilitating multisectoral dialogue with partner states and serving common interests in many spheres.

Deputy Group on interaction with Parliament of the People's Republic of China

Interparliamentary Commission on Cooperation of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation and the National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China