Chinese producer of transformers is interested in cooperation with Tatarstan
15 April 2014, Tuesday
On April 15 during the visit of Tatarstan delegation led by Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov to ТВЕА headquarters in Urumqi, executives of ТВЕА company said that they are interested in cooperation with Tatarstan enterprises and launching of their production in the republic.
Being world’s biggest producer of transformers and power supply equipment, ТВЕА deals with clean energy and production of new materials, including polysilicone and superpurity aluminum. The company supplies equipment to substations, power stations, electricity transmission lines, and render services of general contractor in China and all over the world.
Today members of Tatarstan delegation visited plant producing high-voltage transformers in Urumqi with two thousand people working at the plant. By and large, 20, 000 employees work at ТВЕА enterprises. Residential districts for workers with developed social infrastructure are located near the plant.
ТВЕА Board Chairman Mr. Zhanxin said that the company is willing to cooperate with Tatarstan.
Speaking at the meeting, Rustam Minnikhanov noted high level of company’s technological development, large amount of manufactured produce and industrial management. Noting Tatarstan developed industry, Rustam Minnikhanov said that ТВЕА can take part in implementation of projects in energy sector. He suggested establishing a working group to find out prospective projects to be implemented in the republic. Addressing company’s management, Rustam Minnikhanov asked to consider opportunity of establishing their own production in Tatarstan to enter big Russian market.
Memorandum on cooperation was signed by Tatarstan Investment Development Agency and ТВЕА. The document implies creation of the working group and visit of company’s experts to Tatarstan.
Members of Tatarstan delegation also visited Xinjiang international exhibition centre, one of the biggest multi-purpose exhibition complexes in China.
On 9 May Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin took part in a ceremony of laying flowers to the monument “The victorious soldier” dedicated to the celebrations of the Day of Victory in the Great Patriotic War (WW II) 1941-1945 and held at Arsk cemetery in Kazan.
On 8 May, speaking at a meeting held by the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov in the Government House of the republic with participation of the Acting Chairman of the State Council of the republic Marat Akhmetov and the regional Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin, the Minister of Construction, Architecture and Housing Utilities Sector of the republic Marat Ayzatullin reported that capital overhaul of social facilities is in full swing in the republic with 170 educational facilities having been included into regional and federal programmes.
On 4 May at a briefing held in the Tatarstan Government House it was told that currently there are 92 combat veterans, the last witnesses of the Great Patriotic War (WW II) of 1941-1945, living in the republic. The briefing also informed about veterans’ support measures and how the republic is planning to celebrate the Victory Day on 9 May.
The Deputy Prime Minister of the republic Leyla Fazleeva told that names of 353 Heroes of the Soviet Union from Tatarstan “ are immortalized in street names, on memorials, in monuments and squares and, of course, in our memory”. “The Victory Day is the day of memory, mourning and joy. It is the event which today should be clearly understandable to all young people and younger generation of Tatarstan,” she said.
On 24 April, upon his arrival to the Kazan International Airport, the Defense Minister of China Dong Jun was welcomed by Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin, representatives of the General Consulate of China in Kazan and other officials