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Today, Minister Karimov had a meeting with a vanguard group from China to hold Days of Heilongjiang Province in Tatarstan. The meeting was attended by representatives of the Tatarstan Ministry of Culture, the Tatarstan Ministry of Sports, the Tatarstan Ministry of Youth Affairs, the Tatarstan Ministry of Education, and the Tatarstan Ministry of Health.

“The trade turnover between Tatarstan and China is growing annually. In 2018, it amounted to US$ 628.7 million. The republic has ties with a number of provinces in China. To date, 7 agreements have been signed on cooperation in trade, economy, science, technology, culture, social and humanitarian spheres”, said Albert Karimov.

From the Chinese side, the delegation was headed by Wang Haijun, Head of Foreign Office of the Heilongjiang Provincial People’s Government.

The main topic of the meeting was the issues of preparation to the Days of Heilongjiang Province in Tatarstan; the event dates were tentatively set in July 2020.

On May 27, Kazan saw the Tatarstan-Shandong Business Forum held as part of the visit by a delegation from the city of Yantai (Shandong Province of China).

The Forum took place in the Pushkin Conference Hall of the Korston Hotel and was attended by representatives of major enterprises of Tatarstan and China from various industries: petrochemicals and energy, textiles, health care, agriculture, etc.

The Forum was moderated by Chairman of the Tatarstan Chamber of Commerce and Industry Shamil Ageyev. On behalf of Tatarstan, guests from China were welcomed by Head of Tatarstan Investment Development Agency Taliya Minullina. In their opening speeches, representatives of China, Vice Chairman of the Shandong Provincial Committee of CPPCC Han Jinfeng and Consul General of PRC in Kazan Wu Yingqin, expressed gratitude for the warm welcome of the delegation and noted the importance of partnership relations between Tatarstan and China.

The Forum continued with B2B meetings where representatives of companies from Tatarstan and China were able to discuss opportunities for their further cooperation. In total, more than 70 Tatarstan and Chinese businesses took part in the Forum.

The Tatarstan-Shandong Business Forum ended with the signing of a cooperation agreement between the Chinese-Russian Union of Enterprises and the Machine-Building Cluster of Tatarstan.