More than one hundred swimmers from Russia and China joined in the Amur river-crossing campaign at Heihe, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province on Wednesday, August 8, 2007, the website northeast.cn reported.

Heihe, the host city, lies just opposite the Russian city of Blagoveshensk across the Amur River. The two neighboring cities were called "twin cities", representing the friendship of the two nations.

The sport is one of the activities to celebrate the sixth China-Russia Culture Festival.

The Russian swimmers in the China-Russia joint swimming campaign on Wednesday, August 8, 2007.

Russian swimmers are celebrating their successful arrival in the China-Russia joint swimming campaign on Wednesday, August 8, 2007.

Swimmers from Russia and China warming up before crossing the Amur River on Wednesday, August 8, 2007.

Chinese swimmers set off in the China-Russia joint swimming campaign on Wednesday, August 8, 2007.

(CRIENGLISH.com August 10, 2007)