Investors of Tatarstan are to tell Rustam Minnikhanov what 2019 turned out to be
The end of the year is traditionally the time to review the results and outline the ways to reach new heights. The welfare of regions is largely determined by investment activity, which in Tatarstan is represented by an extensive infrastructure and a large number of companies from different countries. The final meeting of the Investors Club of the republic will be held on December 17 in Kazan at the five-star Kazan Palace Hotel by Tasigo.
The event will be attended by the President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov, the Head of the Tatarstan Investment Development Agency Taliya Minullina, the heads of large enterprises of the republic and public authorities.
Such meetings contribute to the interaction of business and government, setting up of feedback with investors, involvement of companies in the formation of the investment climate of Tatarstan, integration and partnership of companies, and the creation of comfortable conditions for doing business in the republic.
“For the fifth year in a row, Tatarstan has maintained its leading position in the National investment grade rating of the Russian regions.
The volume of foreign investments to Tatarstan in the first half of 2019 increased by 46.9% compared to the same period in 2018. If last year only a quarter of them were direct investments, then this year it is direct investments that are more than half of the capital that came to Tatarstan. Following the results of the first half of 2019, foreign investments came from 25 countries, and in general already 79 countries are our investors, for the constituent of Russia this is an excellent figure.
The washing machine plant of the Chinese corporation Haier was opened in Naberezhnye Chelny, the wholesale distribution center of X5 Retail group was opened in Zelenodolsk, and the construction of modern distribution centers of the largest international companies OZON and Wildberries was launched. The plant for the production of anti-turbulent additives Transneft-Synthesis and the innovative plant for the construction of biochemistry Borner were opened within Alabuga SEZ; the production of the plant protecting agents Avgust-Alabuga was launched. The Pioner industrial park was opened in Nizhnekamsk, where the Russia-China enterprise Roskamastal launched the production for coiled steel painting.
We thank and appreciate each investor, and do our best that our republic remains the most comfortable and efficient region for the implementation of projects. At the meetings of the Investors Club members, we break the boundaries between business and government, ask each other hard-hitting questions to eradicate any obstacles to joint success, and develop ourselves and our large team,” said Taliya Minullina.
This year, the meetings of the Investors Club members are held as an intellectual game. In 2019, the master of the What? Where? When? TV elite club, the two-time owner of the Crystal Owl, Mrs. Elizaveta Ovdeenko, has already held her original quiz Brain Zona for the business community of Tatarstan for three times: in the Kazan, Kama and Almetyevsk agglomerations. Who will become the owner of the coveted figurine and the title “The most bright-headed investor of Tatarstan in 2019”?