On 31 October 2016, during the meeting with Acting Consul General of the People’s Republic of China in Kazan Cheng Wei, Tatarstan Prime Minister Ildar Khalikov stated that leaders of Tatarstan hail the decision of the People’s Republic of China to open the Consulate of the People’s Republic of China in Kazan. It shows that leaders of the People’s Republic of China pay a great attention to bilateral cooperation with the Republic of Tatarstan, said Ildar Khalikov. He emphasised that the number of economic and politic contacts between the People’s Republic of China and the Republic of Tatarstan has considerably increased during last years.