Tatarstan Investment Development Agency

"I know the status of Tatarstan in Russia" - the Head of government of Heilongjiang Province of China

11 October 2015, Sunday

Today during a visit to China Tatarstan Investment Development Agency Chief Executive Taliya Minullina attended a meeting of the President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov and the Chairman of the People's Government of Heilongjiang Province Lu Hao. The event was held in Harbin – an administrative center of the province. Welcoming the delegation of the region of the Russian Federation, Mr. Lu Hao said: "I know the status of Tatarstan in Russia very well". The head of the Chinese regional government also noted the historical role of Kazan - "well-known leader of the Communist Party Vladimir Ulyanov-Lenin studied at the University of Kazan". "Today we are interested in development of cooperation with the Republic of Tatarstan", - the head of the province appealed to Rustam Minnikhanov. During the meeting Lu Hao presented the economic potential of the region: it has a good basis for environmentally friendly agriculture, developing science and education (more than 80 universities and research centers) working powerful industrial enterprises, many of which were created with the participation of Soviet specialists. In the province there are a number of specialized economic zones (including the development of new and high-tech industry zone, cross-border economic cooperation zone in the Heihe and others). The leading industries in the region are engineering, petrochemicals, energy and food industry. Livestock, fisheries, olericulture are developed. The province has a large reserve of resources: oil, marble, basalt, graphite and others. Rustam Minnikhanov, after thanking his colleague for the kind words, noted that cooperation between the two regions has great potential and emphasized: "We need to raise our relations to a qualitatively new level". As the most perspective areas, along with trade and economic cooperation, President called such areas as science, education, culture, sport and tourism. In particular, the head of the Tatarstan delegation recalled the need to preserve the history uniting nations and peoples: "This year we have restored the house-museum of Lenin. This is the history and we must preserve it". Rustam Minnikhanov proposed to prepare a cooperation agreement between the Republic of Tatarstan and the provinces of Heilongjiang, which reflects the entire spectrum of cooperation: "We need to exchange delegations, who will work within the framework of the most perspective areas of cooperation". At the end of the meeting Rustam Minnikhanov invited the leadership and the business community in Heilongjiang Province to visit Tatarstan. TIDA Press Service

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