A PRESS CONFERENCE ON HOLDING THE INTERNATIONAL FORUM ROSTKI - "RUSSIA - CHINA: MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL COOPERATION" WAS HELD.

The Consul General of China in Kazan opened the press conference: "I think that the Republic of Tatarstan is an important partner for the regions of China. And with the personal participation of Raisa the cooperation between Tatarstan and Chinese regions is developing dynamically and rapidly, the trade turnover between Tatarstan and China is increasing significantly. And last year the trade turnover reached $1.6 billion with an increase of 58 percent.”

Moreover, the Consul General is convinced that "the ROSTKI Forum is a practical step of the Republic of Tatarstan in expanding regional cooperation with China, our Consulates General fully support the organization of the Forum and actively assist in inviting Chinese delegations to the Forum. We are confident that during the Forum representatives of regions and companies from both sides will have a deep exchange of views for further expansion of mutually beneficial cooperation".

Talia Minullina, Head of the Investment Development Agency of Tatarstan, continued. At the beginning of her speech, she said, the International ROSTKI Forum has every chance to become an annual event that will contribute to the development of cooperation between Russia and China in various areas of the economy.

"There are still 10 days left before the event starts. As a rule, the last week is usually explosive, but we haven't even gotten to it. Already we are seeing 1,500 registered participants. What is interesting, as of today's date it is 47 regions of the Russian Federation - more than half of the subjects are already going to this platform", - emphasized the head of AIR RT.

Register on the website https://russiachinaforum.com of the event to take part in this large-scale event!