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On the second day of their visit to China, the Tatarstan delegation studied the activities and technology of Haier Group’s digital production.

Minister Karimov visited the corporation’s industrial park and made tours of the smart factory of air conditioners and a washing machine factory. Haier’s smart factories are a package of automated digital modules that allows their personnel to directly contact the end users for taking into account all their wishes and requests in the production process.

After visit to the factories, the Minister had a meeting with Vice President of Haier Overseas Electric Appliances Corp. Ltd Mr. Li Pan. Particular attention at the meeting was paid to issues of cooperation between Tatarstan and Haier Group.

During the meeting, the Minister noted the 2016 launch of the Russia’s first factory for the production of refrigerators in Naberezhnye Chelny and this year’s opening of the Haier Rus Industrial Park with the first washing machine factory. The Tatarstan side emphasised that the project to create the Haier Rus Industrial Park will receive comprehensive support during the entire cycle of its implementation.

It is also worth noting that Tatarstan-Chinese cooperation has been developing for more than ten years. In 2018, an action plan on mutual promotion of cooperation was signed between the Republic of Tatarstan and the Shandong Province.

At the end of the day, the delegation from Tatarstan visited the Haier HQ Museum.

World Quality Day is celebrated in many countries where quality issues are a priority. For the first time, the world community celebrated this day in 1989, and six years later (1995) the European Organisation for Quality announced that the European Quality Week will be held in November during the week that includes the second Thursday of the month.

In many countries worldwide, quality is one of the primary problems in the economy. It is the key to success in the development of each enterprise. This concept is closely related to the quality of life, which includes the environment, physical and emotional well-being of a person. In order to attract attention to this problem, the international holiday was established.

The main objective of the World Quality Day is to increase the importance of high quality services and products represented on the world market. The first criterion which the goods should meet is safety for people and the environment, the second one is that they should comply with stated standards, requirements and expectations of consumers. The quality of products, goods, education, services – all this is the quality of life, the psychological comfort of a person.

Each year, international conferences and round tables are held in Tatarstan within the framework of Quality Days to discuss issues of quality management and technical regulations. The events are attended by representatives of organisations, Russia’s leading professionals in the field of quality, scholars, and foreign experts.

Today, within the programme of the Fashion and Style. Kazan - Autumn specialised exhibition of light and textile industry goods, a round table discussion was held on the topic “Mandatory Marking of Light Industry Goods. Problems. Ways of Solving”.

The event was attended by representatives of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan, footwear manufacturers, and light industry enterprises. The meeting was moderated by Vitaly Losyugin, representative of the Chestny Znak national goods marking system.

At present, the compulsory digital marking of footwear has been introduced in the Russian Federation, which provides for the registration of participants in the footwear market and the prohibition of unmarked footwear circulation starting from March 1, 2020. What is more, mandatory marking applies to both domestic and imported goods. Mandatory marking starts on December 1, 2019, while on June 27, 2019, an experiment on marking light industry goods was launched.

The goods marking system is aimed at fighting counterfeits and the spreading of low-quality products. As an experiment, marked now are drugs, shoes, and tobacco. The Government adopted a programme until 2020 aimed at introducing mandatory marking for 12 items, and by 2024 it is expected to cover almost all consumer goods.

Photo courtesy of Kazanskaya Yarmarka

The Minister of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan Albert Karimov paid a business visit to the People’s Republic of China, Qingdao City (Shandong Province).

During the visit, a meeting was held with Director-General of Foreign Affairs Office in Qingdao Municipal Government, Mr. Mou Jundian. At the meeting, the Minister was accompanied by Trade and Economic Representative of Tatarstan in China Yevgeny Gorshkov.

In particular, the first issue for discussion was the prospects for cooperation between the Republic of Tatarstan and the Shandong Province in such sectors as agriculture, shipbuilding and helicopter manufacturing, oil production and oil refining, electric power, investment, and medicine.

The issue of implementing joint projects with China-based Weichai Power was also raised: in September 2018, KAMAZ and Weichai Power Co. Ltd. signed an agreement for the creation of a facility to manufacture industrial diesel and gas engines in Russia with a volume of more than 17 litres and a capacity of 520 to 2000 kW. To date, the project is in its development stage.

Shandong is a province in the East China region. Its administrative centre is the city of Jinan. The largest city and port of the province is Qingdao.

In the 1st half of 2019, the foreign trade turnover between Tatarstan and China amounted to US$ 238 million.

On November 13, the Kazan Expo IEC hosted the opening ceremony of the regional professional excellence competition based on WorldSkills Young Professionals standards in 2019/2020 competition cycle, with the participation of representatives of relevant ministries and agencies.

This year, the regional competition in Tatarstan is held from November 13 to December 7 for 96 skills in the age category from 16 to 22 years, as well as 66 WorldSkills Juniors skills for competitors under the age of 16. In total, over 2,300 competitors and experts will take part in the events to be held at 43 venues in 11 cities and villages of the republic: in Bugulma, Buinsk, Yelabuga, Zelenodolsk, Kazan, Leninogorsk, Naberezhnye Chelny, Nizhnekamsk, Sarmanovo, Tetyushi, and Innopolis.

The employees of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan took part in the opening ceremonies of the regional professional competition in the skills assigned to the Ministry based on the WorldSkills standards in 2019/2020 competition cycle.

Following the results of the regional competition, the best competitors will compose the expanded WorldSkills team of Tatarstan in order to represent the republic in the semi-finals and the finals of the 7th National Young Professionals Competition (WorldSkills Russia) to be held in 2020 in Novokuznetsk.

Ceremonial events commemorating the 90th anniversary of the first Director General of Nizhnekamskneftekhim, Hero of Socialist Labour and Minister of Oil Refining and Petrochemical Industry of the USSR Nikolai Vasilyevich Lemaev began in Nizhnekamsk today.

In the morning, a ceremony of laying flowers at the bust of the outstanding person took place, after which a memorial plate was opened at 8 Shkolny Boulevard. Events continued at the Nizhnekamsk Folk House. A photo exhibition dedicated to the life of the first Director General of Nizhnekamskneftekhim and a memorial programme was organised for the guests. The republic’s top officials addressed participants with their speeches. Companions and family members of Lemaev told the guests about their memories associated with Nikolai Vasilyevich.

From 1963 to 1985, Lemaev headed the Nizhnekamsk Petrochemical Plant (a production association since 1977), to which he came as an already established industrialist and business executive. Under his leadership, the enterprise has turned into a complex of high-performance process facilities and has become one of the leaders in the petrochemical industry of the country and Europe in general.

Based on information by Nizhnekamskneftekhim press service, photo courtesy of Tatarstan Presidential Press Service

Studying the industrial opportunities in Tatarstan: this is the main purpose of the visit by the delegation of the Spanish region of Salnés (Galicia) to the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan. The delegation includes representatives of the Mayor’s office of the Spanish city of Vilanova de Arousa, headed by its Mayor and President of the Commonwealth of Salnés, Gonzalo Duran Hermida.

The meeting was held by Deputy Minister German Lerner who spoke about the trade and economic features of Tatarstan, as well as about the leading industrial enterprises in the republic.

The head of the delegation noted: “The core business in our region is the production of seafood, both fresh and canned. As well as tourism, which is 12% of our Gross Regional Product. At present we are seeing increased interest in our surroundings, and this is, to a greater extent, pilgrimage tourism to the mountains and forests. Thank you for accepting us. We arrived with the opportunity to study the main industrial capabilities in your republic”.

The parties to the meeting mainly talked about potential cooperation in mechanical engineering and oil refining industry, special interest was expressed in KAMAZ products.

The Russian Fund for Information Technology Development (RFRIT) has announced the opening of applications to receive State support grants for projects of introducing domestic products, services, and platform solutions created in the regions of Russia as part of the Digital Technology federal project.

Regional companies will be able to receive grants for the completion and pilot implementation of projects created on the basis of the end-to-end digital technologies. A project applying for a grant should have the support from the region.

A total of RUB 3.1 billion will be allocated for such support in 2019. The grant amount for the project would range from RUB 15 million to RUB 1 billion. For more information, please contact the Ministry of Digital Public Administration, Information Technologies, and Communications of Tatarstan.

Competitive selection is carried out in accordance with the Resolution of the Russian Government dated May 3, 2019 No. 550 “On Approving Rules for Granting Subsidies from the Federal Budget to Support Projects for Transforming Priority Sectors of Economy and Social Sphere through Introduction of Domestic Products, Services and Platform Solutions Based on End-to-End Digital Technologies”.

Based on information by Ministry of Digital Public Administration, Information Technologies, and Communications of Tatarstan, photo courtesy of rfrit.rf

The 7th International Forum “Anti-Counterfeiting’2019” has opened in Yerevan today, dedicated to the problems of counteracting illicit trafficking in industrial products, including the protection of intellectual property rights. The Forum’s organisers are the Government of the Republic of Armenia with the support from the Eurasian Economic Commission, the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation, and the International Anti-Counterfeiting Association.

The Forum was attended by representatives of the Committee to Combat Illicit Trafficking of Industrial Products in Tatarstan, Leysan Zakirova and Lilia Gazizullina from the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan.

The main purpose of the Forum is to discuss the issues of protecting markets from illegal trafficking in industrial products, including counterfeit and falsified ones, ensuring intellectual property rights, and to engage in a constructive dialogue to work out joint solutions for creating a civilised market for goods and services.

One of the Forum events also dealt with digital traceability and labelling of goods as tools to ensure the free movement of goods within the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU). The key effect of the digital transformation of commodity circulation should be the “EAEU’s Digital Space for Circulation of Goods”, that is, a space integrating digital processes, information resources, trade interaction means, etc.

Based on information by anti-counterfeiting.ru

A meeting was held at the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan with the participants of the republic’s contest entitled “Youth Ambassadors / Young Diplomats”. The meeting was held as part of the Made in Tatarstan contest.

The guests were welcomed by Deputy Minister German Lerner. He told the contest participants about the Ministry’s activities in the field of foreign economic cooperation, about the industrial potential in the republic, as well as about the demand for Tatarstan products in the international arena.

The Youth Ambassadors / Young Diplomats contest is held in Kazan from October 21 to December 23, 2019. It is organised by the Academy of Youth Diplomacy with the support from the Tatarstan’s Ministry of Youth Affairs. The contest’s objectives are popularising international programmes of Tatarstan, spreading the basics of diplomatic communication, and seeking talented youth in the field of diplomacy.

In total, 10 teams of 4 people are taking part in the competition: undergraduate, graduate, and postgraduate students interested in developing international relations, diplomacy, and social activities. The contest is held in 6 stages. Participants studied the industrial, investment, and tourism potential in the republic and perform tasks by presenting their project ideas in the field of international youth cooperation. Contest winners will be entitled to undergo training abroad and represent Tatarstan at an international youth event.