DAILY INFORMATION DIGEST
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE FAR EAST
4 September 2019

THE EASTERN ECONOMIC FORUM NEWS The 5th Eastern Economic Forum launched in Vladivostok. Vladimir Putin takes part in
the EEF and will hold several talks. (First channel)
 Vladimir Putin held a State Council Presidium meeting in Vladivostok at EEF on theNational programme for the development of the Far East for the period until 2025 and for thefuture until 2035. (TASS) The leaders of Russia and India met at the EEF. Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister ofIndia Narendra Modi held bilateral talks and visited the Zvezda shipbuilding complex. (RIANovosti)
 The Far East received 33% of foreign direct investment in Russia over the past fiveyears, said Yury Trutnev at the meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club at EEF. (Russia 1)
 Korea expects the early conclusion of talks on the establishment of a free trade zone forservices and investments with Russia, said Deputy Prime Minister of South Korea, Ministerof Economy and Finance, head of the Korean delegation to EEF Hong Nam-ki in an interview.
(Izvestia) Vietnam expects to increase trade with Russia to USD 10 billion by 2020, stated Deputy
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam To Anh Dun at EEF. (TASS) China offers Gazprom to ramp up gas supplies via the Power of Siberia. Vice Premier ofthe State Council of the People’s Republic of China Han Zheng suggested increasing gas
supplies from Russia to China during the meeting with Chairman of the Management
Committee and Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors of Gazprom Alexei Miller.
(TASS)
 At the EEF, Russia and Japan agreed to join efforts for preparation for the Tokyo
Olympics. The Olympic committees of the two countries signed an agreement on joint
training and tournaments. (RIA Novosti)

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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE FAR EAST
4 September 2019

 China would like to build the world’s largest methanol plant in the Khabarovskу Krai,Russia. The relevant agreement to be signed at the EEF with the Chinese Sherwood Energy.
(Vedomosti)
 Novatek and Sovcomflot are to establish a joint venture for building the Arctic fleet. Theparties signed an agreement at the EEF 2019. (Kommersant) Four regions of the Far East have signed an agreement on the development of cruisetourism. Primorye, Kamchatka, Sakhalin and Chukotka agreed to cooperate in promoting
cruise tourism. (TASS) The 8th APEC International Conference on Education took place on the sidelines of EEF
2019. The delegations from the Asia-Pacific countries attended the event. (RIA PrimaMedia)
 The business may receive tax relief for construction in the Far East. The National
programme for the development of the Far East for the period until 2025 and the future until
2035 holds such proposal and to be discussed at EEF. (Vedomosti)

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