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The signing ceremony took place during a meeting of the President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov and General Electric (GE) leadership in Russia on XVIII Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF 2014).

In the presence of Rustam Minnikhanov memorandum of strategic cooperation between JSC «TAIF» and GE in St. Petersburg was signed by GE president and CEO in Russia/CIS Ron Pollett and the «TAIF» CEO Albert Shigaboutdinov.

Document is about the implementation of projects for the construction and modernization of the energy, oil refining and petrochemical production of the «Taif». Memorandum defines the main directions of joint activity in the years 2014-2017 and provides a joint work under the contract signed for the construction of a new block of 390 MW on a Kazan CHP-3, as well as projects in the field of water technologies and processes.

The Delegation of the region led by the President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov met with companies General Electric, IBM, Renaissance Holding, «Summa Group», Air Liquide, «Metro AG».

In a number of negotiations of the head of the republic with representatives of the global business community participated Tatarstan Investment Development Agency Chief Executive Linar Yakupov.

At a meeting with the senior vice president of global sales at IBM Bruno Di Leo Mr. Minnikhanov discussed cooperation in a number of new projects. In particular, they talked about the company to open a global logistics center. Such a center, noted Bruno Di Leo, will be opened in Laishevsky region during 2014. IBM is also invited to consider the possibility of opening a consulting center in Tatarstan that would meet the needs of industrial companies and enterprises.

Events of Kazan Urban Forum will be a chain of events through which the city will be able to know the views and ideas of people in the capital of the Republic of Tatarstan.

In particular, before the forum will be held a series of lectures in the center of «SMENA» from May 25 and will focus on the development of the main development directions of Kazan.

There will perform invited speakers, among which the chief architect of Kazan Tatiana Prokofieva, lecturers from KGASU and many others. Also will be organized workshops for architects with participation of lecturers from the Spanish Institute of Contemporary Architecture of Catalonia.

The forum, which is held from 22 to 24 May, will be attended by President Vladimir Putin.

With a working visit to participate in the XVIII Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) arrived Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov. The official delegation of the Republic includes Tatarstan Investment Development Agency Chief Executive Linar Yakupov.

The forum's theme – «Building trust in an era of change». The program is built around five main thematic areas: «The summit of global business leaders», «Risk management to promote growth», «Development of the competitive potential of Russia», «Management of breakthrough technologies and adapting to changes», «Leadership Series: Talks defining the future».

Zhang Zhuymin at the meeting with Rustam Minnikhanov said that Tatarstan considers being a good platform for the successful implementation of the company’s project.

President of the Republic of Tatarstan thanked the founder of Haier for the opportunity to visit the factory and to see the production.

«Today we visited the showroom and were very impressed with your development and progress, - shared Mr. Minnikhanov. - And we are very interested in joint projects with you».

President of the Republic of Tatarstan said about the decision to establish a joint working group to uncover new perspective areas of cooperation between the Republic and Haier. Zhang Zhuymin in response said that Haier has planned to build production facilities in Russia and a long time chose the site.

At the meeting with Haier Mr. Minnikhanov told that relations between the Chinese manufacturer and the Republic of Tatarstan should not be limited on the construction of the plant in the KIP «Master».

«Considering the range of your business interests, interaction should be much wider, - underscored Rustam Minnikhanov. - Also we must create and development center».

The President noted that the manufacturing of molds for stamping is interesting for Tatarstan as a region with the development of polymers, automotive and aviation industry.

Rustam Minnikhanov also suggested the Haier company to organize educational programs for Tatarstan specialists who will be working at the company, noting that the production of such modern technology requires special skills and relevant training.

A visit to the factory and the headquarter of the largest manufacturer of home appliances in the world took place within the working visit of the President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov in the official delegation of the Russian Federation to China.

Together with the head of Tatarstan Haier’s plant in Qingdao was inspected by Assistant to the President of the Republic of Tatarstan for International Affairs Radik Gimatdinov, Tatarstan Investment Development Agency Chief Executive Linar Yakupov, SEZ «Alabuga» CEO Timur Shagivaleev, KIP «Master» CEO Maxim Steblov.

At the Haier’s plant in Qingdao, the delegation visited the line for the production of molds for forming the various parts - automotive components, home appliances parts and aircraft parts. At the company's headquarters for representatives of the Republic of Tatarstan held a tour in the «smart house» format, where products of Haier were presented. Here the guests acquainted with the history of the business since 1984 till present days.

The sides discussed prospects for development of cooperation between Tatarstan and the Chinese province of Shandong.

The meeting of the President of the Republic of Tatarstan with the first secretary of the Qingdao Party Committee – a member of the Shandong Party Committee Mr. Li Tsyun also attended by Assistant to the President for International Affairs Radik Gimatdinov, Tatarstan Investment Development Agency Chief Executive Linar Yakupov, «Ak Bars Bank» first deputy chairman Zoufar Garayev, SEZ «Alabuga» CEO Timur Shagivaleev.

Li Qun told about the city's economy, noting that one of the largest enterprises of Qingdao is a factory for the production of household appliances - Haier company, also production for the high-speed rail,  developed banking sector. First Secretary announced its readiness to develop cooperation with Tatarstan in different areas.

During the visit, to Rustam Minnikhanov presented the development of new and high-tech industrial park – «Shanghai Pudong» software- park.

Technopark’s area is 580 thousand square meters, and has 38,000 employees of IT companies. 1391 resident, including 562 – actually have offices in Technopark. Revenues in 2013 amounted to 55.2 billion yuan (9.2 billion dollars).

As the representatives of the zone noted, the relatively high cost of living in Shanghai and high wages makes the leadership of SEZ to provide additional benefits to companies. Thus, the Chinese government partially subsidizes rents for startups.

In the industrial park have their development centers and manufacturing facilities are well-known companies –  electronics manufacturers like HTC, Qualcomm, Texas Instruments.

First Kazan Urban Forum will be held June 6 at the site of the VI International Economic Summit of Russia and OIC countries (KazanSummit 2014).

The event was organized in conjunction with the Organising Committee of KazanSummit and operator of Kazan Smart City – JSC Tatarstan Development Corporation.

To the future development of the city and solving problems of its beautification actively participated townspeople launched a number of competitions aimed at collecting ideas and effective solutions, proposed by residents of Kazan.

The main themes of the contest are renovation of parks, competition for the creation of architectural form for the improvement of parks and squares of the city, as well as competition for the separate collection of urban initiatives, where the main problem areas were identified garbage collection, the development of the city and bike theft problem, and pets’ paddock.