BEIJING， Feb. 5 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull have sent their congratulations to the China-Australia Year of Tourism 2017， which was officially launched in Sydney on Sunday.

In his congratulatory message， Li said people-to-people and cultural exchanges between the Chinese and Australian people is one of the important pillars supporting the development of bilateral relations.

Li said he was happy to see that China and Australia have become popular tourism destinations for each other， with the total number of two-way arrivals between the two countries reaching nearly 2 million last year.

Li expressed his hope that the two countries can use the Year of Tourism as an driving opportunity to broaden and deepen bilateral cooperation and exchanges in various fields including people-to-people and cultural exchanges， to build a more solid popular basis for all-round development of bilateral ties.

The Chinese premier said the two countries respect civilizational diversity in the world， and on the basis of sound development of bilateral relations in the past 45 years since the establishment of diplomatic relations， China and Australia should continue to uphold equality in treating each other， tolerance and openness， and learn from each other to jointly safeguard world peace and promote regional stability， and achieve new results from mutually beneficial cooperation in the greater interest of the two peoples.

The Australian prime minister said in his congratulatory message that more than 20 years of partnership in tourism between Australia and China has borne many fruits and China has become Australia's most valuable tourism market with 1.2 million Chinese tourists visiting Australia last year.

He said the Australia-China Year of Tourism marks a brand new era for bilateral relations and he believes that through joint efforts， Australia and China will share opportunities to be brought about by future development in the field.

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Russian Deputy Minister of Communications and Mass Media Alexei Volin said it is necessary to strengthen cooperation in Internet-based media with a focus on the education of young journalists.

About 150 people from governmental bodies, media outlets and academic institutions attended the meeting.

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SYDNEY， Dec. 22 (Xinhua) -- Australia's miners and petroleum companies are on high alert as Cyclone Yvette threatens to cross the Pilbara coast on Christmas day.

Australia's Pilbara region has been struck by a storm front throwing up rust coloured dirt overnight， but the real test is a tropical cyclone 700 kilometers northwest of Karratha， threatening to form into a category two system just before it crosses the coast.

""(It is) still moving fairly slowly though， so at this stage we are not expecting it to reach coastal areas until probably Christmas Day or Boxing day，"" Australian Bureau of Meteorology forecaster Shane Hicks told Australia's national broadcaster on Thursday.

The south-easterly trajectory means Australia's largest iron ore miners， BHP Billiton， Rio Tinto and Fortescue Metals as well as petroleum producers off the North West Shelf will be preparing for potential impacts to operations， despite the system being at the low end of the rating scale.

""Woodside is taking the necessary precautions to safeguard our people and assets，"" a spokesperson for Woodside Petroleum Ltd told Xinhua in a statement.

The category two Cyclone Stan earlier this year caused damage and delays at Australia's largest iron ore export terminal Port Hedland， impacting results for the world's largest diversified miner BHP Billiton Ltd， as well as Fortescue Metals Group and Atlas Iron.

Cyclone Yvette hasn't impacted Pilbara operations just yet， though preparations are being undertaken. Current trajectory has the system moving deep into the Pilbara mining belt.

""Pre-cyclone activities start from around September and include tie-down exercises for all machinery， site clean-up and incident management training，"" a BHP Billiton Ltd spokesman told Xinhua.

""We also engage our employees and ensure they are preparing their homes for possible bad weather， which is monitored daily.""

On the bright side， surf's up for the region's surfers on Christmas Day with winds whipping up waves for the usually calm， flat waters.

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Journey to the West is one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature. The TV adaptation of the classic, produced by China Central Television (CCTV) Anze Kopitar Kings Jersey , was first broadcast in the Chinese mainland in 1986. It soon became immensely popular and is widely considered in China as the most classic adaptation of the novel.

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Other actors from the series paid tribute to the director on social media.

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