In 2020, Russia achieved a 13% increase in its non-resource, non-energy exports to China, reaching a total of $16.3 billion. According to Zhou Litsun, Chairman of the Union of Chinese Entrepreneurs in Russia, Chinese residents, especially those in the northeast, enjoy Russian products such as sweets, chocolate, ice cream, soybeans, corn, and honey. The popularity of Russian ice cream in China was further boosted by Russian President Vladimir Putin, who gifted it to Chinese President Xi Jinping at the G20 summits in 2016 and 2019.