Tatarstan plans to establish industrial park on the model Suzhou park
22 April 2014, Tuesday
On April 22, at a briefing at Tatarstan Government House on results of Tatarstan delegation’s visit to China, First Deputy Tatarstan Minister of Industry and Trade Ruslan Kabirov announced that the construction of an industrial park on the model a Chinese park is planned to be commenced in one of Tatarstan municipal regions in May.
“The experience of establishing industrial parks for small and medium-size enterprises is interesting for us. The construction of an industrial park on the model of a Chinese park is planned to be commenced in one of Tatarstan municipal regions in May. Last year we visited the Industrial Park in Suzhou. Their practices will be introduced in our republic,” Ruslan Kabirov explained.
Answering Tatar-Inform reporter’s question regarding where the industrial park will be located, Ruslan Kabirov said that he deliberately did not mention the name of the region. “Let it be a secret for a while. Tatarstan and the Hunan province government are planned to sign an agreement on cooperation between Volga Federal District and upper and middle Yangtze regions in May. The issues related to establishing industrial sites, as well cooperation in such fields as science and healthcare, etc. will be discussed there,” Ruslan Kabirov added.
On May 14, Prime Minister of Tajikistan Kokhir Rasulzoda, who arrived on a working visit in Kazan to take part in the events of the XVII International Economic Forum “Russia-the Islamic World: KazanForum”, was met by Prime Minister of the republic Aleksey Pesoshin and other officials at the Kazan International Airport.
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.