Tatarstan President meets with delegation of China Aerospace Science & Industry Corporation
6 August 2014, Wednesday
On August 6, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov met with delegation of China Aerospace Science & Industry Corporation (CASIC) and its subsidiary Aerosun.
Rustam Minnikhanov reminded members of the delegation about his visit to China in April, when he met with CASIC executives in Beijing.
During their visit to Kazan, members of Chinese delegation will take part in the international exhibition of aerospace technologies “AKTO-2014”.
Tatarstan President noted the growing importance of trade and economic relations between Russia and China, and confirmed the intentions of Tatarstan leadership to develop relations with China.
The parties also discussed prospective areas of cooperation between Tatarstan and CASIC. Rustam Minnikhanov suggested members of the delegation discussing these issues with heads of regional enterprises during their visit.
Vice-Premier – Minister of Industry and Trade Ravil Zaripov, heads of major Tatarstan enterprises took part in the meeting.
On May 26, speaking at a briefing in the Cabinet of Ministers of the republic held in a videoconference mode with participation of all municipal regions of Tatarstan and focused on events scheduled for June 1, International Children’s Day, as well as the implementation of the “Summer in Tatarstan” programme, Deputy Prime Minister of the republic Leyla Fazleeva appealed that parents should closely supervise their children during recreational activities near water in order to prevent accidents.
On 18 May ay the CIPR conference in Nizhniy Nogorod the Tatarstan Deputy Prime Minister Roman Shaykhutdinov, the Rector of the Innopolis University Aleksandr Gasnikpov and the Vice-rector of the University Yevgeny Bobrov will take part at round tables session of the conference.
Experts will discuss the role of Tatarstan and Innopolis as one of the key technological centers of the country and how regional innovative platforms help to solve tasks of the whole Russian industry. A special emphasis will be placed on the digital transformation of the oil and gas sector and how large clusters and scientific and technological centers are becoming drivers of industry change.
On 16 May, speaking at a meeting in the Government House of the republic held by the regional Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin with participation of the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov and all municipalities taking part in it via videoconference, the Minister of Agriculture and Food of the republic Marat Zyabbarov reported that the sowing of spring crops is in full swing in the republic with 1m 38 thousand hectares or 61 per cent of the planned have been sown.
On May 14, on the sidelines of the XVII International Economic Forum “Russia-the Islamic World: KazanForum”, Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin and Head of the Federal Service for Accreditation Dmitry Volvach signed an agreement on interaction and cooperation in the development of the halal industry.