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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.
Working visit of the Russian delegation headed by Russian President Vladimir Putin will be until May 21, 2014.
Mr. Minnikhanov took part in the negotiations of Russian President Vladimir Putin and President of China Xi Jinping. The sides discussed trade and economic relations between Russia and China, the development of bilateral relations, partnership and strategic interaction. Vladimir Putin said that in 2013 the trade turnover between the two countries increased by almost 2% and approached $ 90 billion.
Russia has also invited Chinese friends in 2015 to become a partner country of a major international industrial exhibition «INNOPROM», which will take place in Yekaterinburg. Russian President underscored that improving the structure of bilateral trade should be focusing on high-technology areas such as civil aviation, space, nuclear energy. He also noted that the Russian-Chinese cooperation became an important factor of international stability.
The ceremony was held at the WAIPA International Investment Conference (WAIPA World Investment Conference) in Istanbul.
The memorandum fixes the cooperation between the Ministry of Regional Development of the Russian Federation, the Russian Investment Agency «Invest in Russia» and the World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies (WAIPA). The document was signed by Minister of Regional Development of Russia Igor Slyunyaev, WAIPA President Ilker Aydzhi, Head of «Invest in Russia» Yuri Spiridonov and WAIPA CEO Carlos Bronzatto.
The memorandum was signed in order to further expand of bilateral cooperation in the field of socio-economic development of the Russian Federation, including the field of investment. Ministry of Regional Development of Russia and WAIPA agreed to regular evaluation of the cooperation’s results and to develop proposals for its further development. As required, will be held consultations on cooperation.
Forum, organized by Tatarstan Development Corporation, will be held on June 6 at the VI International Economic Summit of Russia and OIC countries (KazanSummit 2014).
Partners of the event are Kazan City Administration, KSU Governance and Territorial Development Institute, Kazan State University of Architecture and Engineering (KSUAE).
Kazan Urban Forum - this is the first area in Kazan, which is a logical continuation of the new initiatives in the field of urban development and Public Works. Forum will bring together professional community in urbanism, urban development and architecture from both Russia and abroad, and will serve as a platform that will allow residents of Kazan to actively participation in the discussion.
Voting for moving of the head office of the World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies (WAIPA) took place during the meeting of the General Assembly of the organization at the annual WAIPA International Investment Conference.
Proposal to change the location of the headquarters was announced in January at a meeting of the WAIPA Steering Committee, which was held from 23 to 24 January 2014 in the legislative capital of South Africa – Cape Town.
At a meeting in Cape Town discussed the results of the association in 2013, the strategy for the promotion of WAIPA within the conferences and events in 2014, the plan of the organization this year and prospects of WAIPA for the period until 2015. The motto of the WAIPA new strategy is «Moving Forward!».
In discussions: investment attractiveness of the Russian market, the criteria for selecting the region, as well as the main challenges of attracting foreign and Russian investment in terms of power and investors.
Business forum of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is a part of the Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors, which is this year holds in Warsaw. In the meeting of the Board of Governors and the «Investment potential of Russian regions» session by the invitation of the EBRD's Russia Managing Director participates Tatarstan Investment Development Agency Chief Executive Linar Yakupov.
In addition to discussions about the investment attractiveness of the Russian market, the criteria for selecting the region, attraction of foreign and Russian investment in terms of power and investors, participants will discuss the priorities of the federal government and the Russian regions to improve the investment climate.
World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies (WAIPA) will support the VI International Economic Summit of Russia and OIC countries (KazanSummit 2014), which will be held in Kazan and will be a partner in foreign direct investment (FDI).
Discussion of partnership issues held at the WAIPA annual conference (WAIPA World Investment Conference) in Istanbul, where as Director of WAIPA Eastern Europe participates Tatarstan Investment Development Agency.
The organization, which includes 168 investment agencies from 122 countries of the world, the second time will attend the World Economic Summit of Russia and OIC countries. Last year WAIPA co-organized forum on investment promotion within KazanSummit 2013, the successful holding of which was the result of continued cooperation with the World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies. In 2014 KazanSummit will be attended by WAIPA Executive Director Carlos Bronzatto.