On 12 August 2015, the Tatarstan Ministry of Industry and Trade hosted the meeting between Tatarstan Deputy Prime Minister and Tatarstan Minister of Industry and Trade Ravil Zaripov and the delegation from Sichuan Province headed by Director of Sichuan Provincial Development and Reform Committee Tang Limin.
During the meeting, the parties discussed issues of the trade and economic cooperation between Tatarstan and the Sichuan Province (PRC) in the manufacturing industry, transport, agriculture and, construction.
According to Tatarstan Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade Ravil Zaripov, cooperation between Russian and Chinese regions reached a new level owing to the support and direct participation of Representative Plenipotentiary of the Russian President in the Volga Federal District Mikhail Babich.