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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF
THE RUSSIAN FAR EAST 13 September 2018

NEWS FROM EASTERN ECONOMIC FORUM
Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation – Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy tothe Far Eastern Federal District Yury Trutnev, summarized the results of the 4th Eastern
Economic Forum. Over 6,000 delegates and more than 1,300 media representatives from 60
countries participated in the Forum. Participants signed 220 agreements worth more than
3.1 trillion roubles. (Interfax)
Fourteen politicians and representatives of the business community from Russia, China,and South Korea spoke at the EEF Youth Platform lecture course. The central theme ofthe lecture course was a vision of 2030 and the development of high-tech solutions. Thespeakers also touched upon international relations, leadership, management, production andadministration. (Izvestia)
A delegation of students from North America’s leading universities took part in the EEF.
President of the Russian Academy of Sciences Alexander Sergeev met with the guests andspoke about the role of science in the development of Russia and the Far East. Students voiced
their views on the development of the education system in APR countries. (RIA FederalPress)
The Russian company Biocad signs agreement at the EEF to build a pharmaceuticalplant in China. Industry and Trade Minister Denis Manturov was present at the signingceremony. (Kommersant)Acting Governor of Primorye Territory Andrei Tarasenko and Vice-President of theChinese energy corporation SINOMEC Liu Yaping, signed an agreement to construct anoil refinery in Primorye Territory. 50 billion roubles are expected to be invested into theproject, creating at least one thousand jobs. (RIA News)
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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE RUSSIAN FAR EASTState Corporation Rostec signed a deal with the block-chain project Vostok on setting
up an office for projects implemented under the Digital Economy of Russia programme.
The companies plan to implement the Vostok platform to collect, store, and exchange data
between state agencies, citizens, and municipal institutions. (RBK)
Head of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov and Secretary of the Zhejiang
Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China Che Jun sign an agreement oncooperation in the economic, scientific, social, and cultural spheres. The Republic Headalso met with the leaders of two other Chinese provinces – Sichuan and Shandong –during the Forum. (TASS)The first guide to the reserves and national parks of the Far East was presented during
the EEF. The book is published in Russian and English. Kronotsky Nature Reserve andANO Expocenter ‘Zapovedniki Rossii’ are the publication’s official partners. (TASS).

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2018 sees new fishing records set in the Russian Far East. More than 612 thousand
tonnes of salmon have been caught. The previous record – 520 thousand tonnes – was set in2009. The size of the Iwashi sardine and mackerel catches, both industrially promising, alsoincreased. (RIA Novosti)
The Region Group pledges to be a new investor in the construction of a cross-bordercableway across the Amur River between Blagoveshchensk and the Chinese city ofHeihe, reported Acting Governor of Amur Region Vasily Orlov. (TASS)The Roscongress Foundation is a socially oriented non-financial development institution anda major organizer of international conventions, exhibition and public events.
The Roscongress Foundation was founded in 2007 with the aim of facilitating the developmentof Russia’s economic potential and strengthening the country’s image by organizing internationalconventions, exhibitions, and public events. The Foundation develops substantive content for suchevents, providing companies and organizations with advice, information, and expert guidance, andoffering comprehensive evaluation, analysis, and coverage of the Russian and global economic
agendas. It offers administrative services and promotional support for business projects and helps
to attract investment, including in the form of public-private partnerships.
Today, its annual programme includes events held from Montevideo to Vladivostok, offering anopportunity to bring together global business leaders, experts, the media, and government officials
in one place, creating favourable conditions for dialogue and the promotion of new ideas andprojects, and assisting in the creation of social enterprise and charity projects.
www.roscongress.org

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