The Kazan Mayor’s Office is currently negotiating the possibility of concluding agreements with two Chinese cities – Wuhan and Xiamen. The press service of the Kazan Mayor’s Office noted that twinning and partnership relations between the cities contribute to the exchange of experience, the development of joint projects and the strengthening of friendly relations between peoples, cultural enrichment, and strengthening of economic ties. For example, during the COVID-19 pandemic, the authorities of the Chinese twin city of Kazan, Guangzhou, donated 50,000 disposable medical masks and 100 contactless thermometers to the capital of Tatarstan.
Joint events of the twin cities are also held in the field of education: music teleconferences, acquaintance with the traditions of different nations through teleconferences for schoolchildren, creative contests, educational programmes. As part of the school exchanges, groups of students from Kazan have already visited Qingdao and Shenzhen this year and are preparing for a trip to Guangzhou, where a delegation of teachers from the capital of Tatarstan took part in an educational forum. Return visits are planned in the fall.
"We are confident that this will further enrich the content of cooperation between the Chinese and Russian twin cities and will contribute to the development of friendly exchanges and cooperation between the Republic of Tatarstan and China," said Xiang Bo, Consul General of the People's Republic of China in Kazan.
Nizhnekamsk will become another Tatarstan city that will receive a Chinese twin city this year. At the III International Forum "SPROUTS: Russia and China – mutually beneficial cooperation", which will be held in Kazan on August 18-19, 2025, a new agreement on twinning relations between Nizhnekamsk of the Republic of Tatarstan and the city of Jixi of the People's Republic of China will be signed.
For Nizhnekamsk, partnership with China provides industrial and economic development, access to potential investors, the opportunity to purchase equipment for small businesses, as well as cultural exchange, which always arouses great interest.
"Today we have the “Kamastal” company, which we found through twin city ties. Any international cooperation brings great benefits, and we are glad that representatives of the People's Republic of China are taking the initiative and choosing Nizhnekamsk, because we are actively able to work with it," said Radmir Belyaev, head of the Executive Committee of the Nizhnekamsk Municipal District.
At the III International Forum "SPROUTS: Russia and China – mutually beneficial cooperation", on August 18, from 13:00 to 17:00, a session will be held dedicated to the presentation of the regions of the Russian Federation, as well as the municipalities of the Republic of Tatarstan and the People's Republic of China (organised by the Investment Development Agency of the Republic of Tatarstan).
More detailed information and the program of the forum can be found on the website: https://russiachinaforum.com
ANO Directorate of International Programs acts as the operator for the preparation and holding of the SPROUTS Forum
Joint events of the twin cities are also held in the field of education: music teleconferences, acquaintance with the traditions of different nations through teleconferences for schoolchildren, creative contests, educational programmes. As part of the school exchanges, groups of students from Kazan have already visited Qingdao and Shenzhen this year and are preparing for a trip to Guangzhou, where a delegation of teachers from the capital of Tatarstan took part in an educational forum. Return visits are planned in the fall.
"We are confident that this will further enrich the content of cooperation between the Chinese and Russian twin cities and will contribute to the development of friendly exchanges and cooperation between the Republic of Tatarstan and China," said Xiang Bo, Consul General of the People's Republic of China in Kazan.
Nizhnekamsk will become another Tatarstan city that will receive a Chinese twin city this year. At the III International Forum "SPROUTS: Russia and China – mutually beneficial cooperation", which will be held in Kazan on August 18-19, 2025, a new agreement on twinning relations between Nizhnekamsk of the Republic of Tatarstan and the city of Jixi of the People's Republic of China will be signed.
For Nizhnekamsk, partnership with China provides industrial and economic development, access to potential investors, the opportunity to purchase equipment for small businesses, as well as cultural exchange, which always arouses great interest.
"Today we have the “Kamastal” company, which we found through twin city ties. Any international cooperation brings great benefits, and we are glad that representatives of the People's Republic of China are taking the initiative and choosing Nizhnekamsk, because we are actively able to work with it," said Radmir Belyaev, head of the Executive Committee of the Nizhnekamsk Municipal District.
At the III International Forum "SPROUTS: Russia and China – mutually beneficial cooperation", on August 18, from 13:00 to 17:00, a session will be held dedicated to the presentation of the regions of the Russian Federation, as well as the municipalities of the Republic of Tatarstan and the People's Republic of China (organised by the Investment Development Agency of the Republic of Tatarstan).
More detailed information and the program of the forum can be found on the website: https://russiachinaforum.com
ANO Directorate of International Programs acts as the operator for the preparation and holding of the SPROUTS Forum