Tatarstan is prepared to become a connecting link in expanding the interrelations between Russia and China. It was stated today by Tatarstan Prime Minister Ildar Khalikov in his speech during the Tatarstan-Sichuan Business Forum opened today in Kazan. We remind that the event is held within the working visit of the delegation from the Sichuan Province headed by Communist Party Secretary Wang Dongming.
Tatarstan Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade Albert Karimov, Director of Sichuan Provincial Development and Reform Committee Tang Limin, and representatives of State authorities and business communities of Tatarstan and China are among the participants of the forum.
Communist Party Secretary of the Sichuan Province Wang Dongming also emphasised the need to strengthen trade and economic ties between the two regions.
“Relations between Tatarstan and China are characterised by a multidimensional strategic partnership,” emphasised Albert Karimov. According to him, the promising areas for partnership are attraction of investors from China to special economic zones and technopolises of the republic, supply and joint production of component parts for buses and cars in Tatarstan, cooperation in the production of tractors and their components, increasing the supply of petrochemicals from Tatarstan to China, as well as the supply of heat, power, and gas equipment to industrial zones and residential areas of the country.