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An introductory meeting with a delegation from Harbin City (China, Heilongjiang Province) was held today in the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan. At the Ministry, the guests were welcomed by Deputy Minister German Lerner.

The Chinese delegation was headed by Vice-Mayor of the Harbin Municipal People’s Government Zhang Wanping.

“As an administrative centre, Harbin has much in common with your republic. We, like you, are famous as a centre of engineering, advanced information technology and eco-friendly products”, said the Vice-Mayor.

The main issue on the meeting’s agenda was the discussion of partnership between the two regions in various areas. “When defining the aspects of our mutual cooperation, we would first like to highlight areas such as science and technology, industry and trade, investment and tourism,” said Mr. Zhang Wanping.

In order to develop cooperation opportunities between Tatarstan and Harbin, representatives of the Chinese delegation proposed to establish business relations with the Harbin New District (a special economic zone in Harbin).

As part of their business visit, guests from China visited the Tatarstan Investment Development Agency. On September 25, 2019, a working meeting is scheduled at the Kazan City Administration.

Today, Minister Karimov arrived in Harbin (Heilongjiang Province, China) as part of the Tatarstan President’s delegation. The visit of the Tatarstan delegation was timed to coincide with the 6th Russian-Chinese Expo 2019, which takes place from June 15 to June 19 at the Harbin International Exhibition and Conference Centre.

The extensive visit programme includes various official and business events: the meeting of the Tatarstan President with Governor of Heilongjiang Province Wang Wentao, the participation of the Tatarstan delegation in the Tatarstan-Heilongjiang Business Forum and a visit to the 6th Russian-Chinese Expo 2019.

The second half of the day was devoted to business meetings with representatives of Chinese companies. The delegation visited the Harbin Corner Science and Technology Company and the Wondersun Diary Company.

The programme continued with the meeting of the Tatarstan President with Secretary of Heilongjiang Provincial CPC Committee Zhang Qingwei.

An important stage of the visit was the signing of an Action Plan to the Agreement between the Government of Tatarstan and the People's Government of Heilongjiang Province on trade, economic, scientific, technology, and cultural cooperation.

The visit to Harbin ended with a concert of masters of arts from Tatarstan organised within the framework of the 6th Russian-Chinese Expo 2019.