Tatarstan Investment Development Agency Chief Executive is on a business trip in Japan
Linar Yakupov arrived in Japan with the delegation, headed by the President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov.
Working visit of the head of Tatarstan in Japan will be held from 19 to 20 March 2014. The official delegation also included: Assistant to the President of the Republic of Tatarstan Radik Gimatdinov, «Investment and Venture Fund of the Republic of Tatarstan» Director Aynur Aideldinov, JSC «SEZ «Innopolis» CEO Igor Nosov, Chairman of the State Council Committee on Budget, Taxes and Finance Murad Gadilshin, Chairman of the Board of JSC «Ak Bars» Bank Robert Minnegaliev, JSC «TAIF» Board of Directors Chairman Rustem Sulteev and JSC «Gazprom mezhregiongaz Kazan» CEO Rinat Khanbikov.
Today the head of the republic will present at “Improving the investment climate in Russia and a new areas of investment cooperation between Russia and Japan” panel discussion, which will be held during VI Russian-Japanese investment forum. He noted that Tatarstan is aimed at creating an innovation-oriented economy integrated into the global system. Rustam Minnikhanov told that the Republic of Tatarstan guarantees to investors all the necessary conditions for successful operation: infrastructure development, roadmaps, professional staff, as well as the maximum attention of the region’s government.
The forum continued with participation of Tatarstan representatives in the roundtables. So, Mr. Minnikhanov will participate in «Agriculture and the food industry» roundtable. Tatarstan Investment Development Agency Chief Executive Linar Yakupov and Agency’s Head of investment projects support Arthur Nigmatulin will perform at «The automotive industry and the development of supporting industries» roundtable, where present the investment potential of the region and the possibilities of the territory for the localization of automotive components.
Tatarstan delegation during the visit to Japan will also meet with the Japanese Bank of International Cooperation (JBIC), Yokogawa Electric Corporation (an engineering company working in the field of measuring technology and industrial automation), Marubeni Corporation (a Japanese trading company) and Shinyei Kaisha (trading company).
On March 20 Tatarstan delegation will visit «Nomura» Research Institute, «Panasonic» exhibition center, where will be a demonstration of modern information technologies in the urban economy. On the same day scheduled a visit to the «Mitsubishi Heavy Industries» museum and a visit to Tokyo Mosque, where Rustam Minnikhanov will meet with Tatar diaspora in Japan.
Tatarstan Investment Development Agency Press Service