BEIJING, February 16. /TASS/. Chinese language authorities are strengthening commerce and financial relations with all international locations on an equal foundation and are in opposition to illegal unilateral sanctions with respect to power provides, together with from Russia, official spokesperson of the Ministry of Commerce Shu Jueting stated on Thursday.”We’re decisively in opposition to using unilateral sanctions and long-arm jurisdiction not based mostly on worldwide regulation,” Shu Jueting stated on the briefing.Beijing “is all the time selling common commerce and financial cooperation with different international locations, together with Russia, on the idea of equality, mutual respect and mutual profit,” she added.In line with knowledge from the Foremost Customs Administration of China, imports of Russian oil gained 8.2% and totaled 86.24 mln metric tons ($58.4 bln) in 2022. Liquefied pure gasoline exports elevated by 43.9% to six.5 mln metric tons ($6.74 bln). Russian pipeline gasoline provides surged 2.63 instances to $3.98 bln.