Council for Interregional Cooperation held in Volga-Yangtze format

14 October 2020, Wednesday

Tatarstan has established close cooperation with many Chinese provinces, including those within the Volga-Yangtze format. Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov said this today at a meeting of the co-chairs of the Council for Interregional Cooperation between Russia and China in the Volga-Yangtze format. The videoconference meeting was chaired by Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Volga Federal District Igor Komarov and State Councillor of the People’s Republic of China Wang Yong.

Speaking at the meeting, Minnikhanov thanked the Russian and Chinese leaders for their attention to the issues of creating favourable conditions for the development of interregional cooperation as part of rapidly evolving Russian-Chinese relations. The Tatarstan President noted that friendship and mutual support are especially relevant and important in today’s difficult times of the Covid-19 pandemic.

The 2019 Tatarstan-China trade turnover amounted to $564 million. A number of joint economic projects are being implemented in Tatarstan with large Chinese companies such as Haier, Weichai, Huawei, Didi, and others. Besides, work is underway to expand cooperation in the field of culture, education, science, sports, and youth exchanges. About 1,700 Chinese students are studying in Kazan universities at the moment.

The meeting was also attended by Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan, Co-Chairman from Tatarstan German Lerner.

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