Recent, a meeting of representatives of the business community and the state was held in one of the industrial parks in the Zelenodolsk district of the republic (industrial park "Spring") and was timed to coincide with the Day of Russian Entrepreneurship. The meeting was attended by Rais of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov, Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Economic Policy Maxim Topilin, Head of the Investment Development Agency of the Republic of Tatarstan Taliya Minullina, head of Zelenodolsk Municipal District Mikhail Afanasyev, Head of RVB LLC Tatyana Kim and others.
The meeting with the business community was moderated by Svetlana Kadyrova, Deputy General Director for Information Broadcasting at TNV.
In his welcoming speech, Rustam Minnikhanov noted that such meetings with entrepreneurs have already become traditional. He stressed that the region is doing everything to support small and medium-sized businesses, and Tatarstan is among the leading regions in terms of the investment climate. Now there are more than 182 thousand small and medium-sized businesses operating in Tatarstan, which have created more than 640 thousand jobs. In addition, 392 thousand self-employed people are registered in the republic. Entrepreneurs paid 233 billion rubles in taxes last year alone.
He also stressed that small and medium-sized businesses are developing where the heads of districts are interested – on the ground. "If the head of state is interested, new businesses and new projects appear," he said. – There are a lot of projects in Laishevo. For small businesses, the organization of special platforms is very important, and this is a whole science! An entrepreneur should feel supported by the authorities, by the state. After all, an entrepreneur is someone who takes risks. With your name, with your money. Therefore, they should be confident and feel the support of the authorities." As a positive example of the development of entrepreneurship, Rustam Minnikhanov cited the Laishevsky municipal district, which was previously headed by Mikhail Afanasyev (currently the head of the Zelenodolsk Municipal District).
During the meeting, entrepreneurs presented their projects to the state representatives, shared their successes and problems, and asked for state support. Talia Minullina personally gave feedback to each of them, commented on all the projects presented.
At the end of the meeting, the absolute winner of the contest "Best Public Council of Entrepreneurs of municipal districts of the Republic of Tatarstan" was awarded - the Public Council of Entrepreneurs of Vysokogorsky Municipal District.