DAILY INFORMATION DIGEST

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
OF THE FAR EAST
7 September 2018

EASTERN ECONOMIC FORUM NEWSRussia and China will sign a number of documents on bilateral cooperation at the EEF.
Chinese President Xi Jinping will attend the Forum for the first time and visit a number ofbilateral and multilateral events. The Chinese delegation will also include leaders of nine
Chinese provinces and cities. (RIA News)
A youth platform will be organized for young people of Russian Far East at the EEF 2018.
Leading Russian and foreign experts will give lectures on global technological trends,
and young people will be able to present their innovative projects to Forum guests andparticipants. (Gazeta.ru)
The Chukotka authorities intend to sign 12 agreements worth RUB 52 billion at the EEF.
The key investor is the company Baimskaya, which will become an anchor resident of thesecond Chukotka Advanced Special Economic Zone in the Chaun-Bilibinskaya Industrial
Zone, where gold and copper will be mined. (RIA News)
Leaders of major Russian gold mining, coal, and manufacturing enterprises will givepresentations at the EEF. On the first day of the Forum, they will discuss prospects foroil and gas refining, the mining of solid minerals, problems with geological exploration,and the development of port infrastructure in the Far Eastern regions. (Far East BusinessGazeta)
The ‘Far East Street’ exhibition will feature an open-air cinema. EEF guests andparticipants will be able to watch Russian-made films that were released in 2016–2018,
films by Japanese directors, and short films by participants in the fifth World Festival ofStreet Cinema. (Russiatourism.ru)
The Rossiya air balloon will take to the skies in honour of the opening of the EEF 2018.
The air balloon will fly across the East Bosporus Strait from the northern part of Russky
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Island to Vladivostok on 8 September as part of the ‘Lifting up Russia’ campaign. (PrimaMediaInformation Agency)
The Mariinsky Theatre will present a new version of the opera The Tsar’s Bride as partof the EEF cultural programme. The audience will have a chance to see a classic Russian
opera with colourful visual effects and costumes. (RIA News)FAR EAST NEWSA resident of the Nadezhdinskaya Advanced Special Economic Zone in Primorye Territory
has started building a RUB 4.3-billion wholesale distribution centre. The first stage ofthe enterprise is slated to be launched in the first quarter of 2019. (Interfax)
Vladivostok International Airport increased passenger traffic by 20% in January–August
2018. Total passenger traffic grew to 1.708 million people. The number of passengers
increased by 47% on international routes and by 5% on domestic routes. (Interfax)

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