Delegation of Chinese Parliament attends session of Tatarstan State Council
10 June 2015, Wednesday
On June 10, delegation of Chinese Parliament accompanied by Interim President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov attended the 8th session of Tatarstan State Council.
Chairman of Permanent committee of the National People's Congress (NPC) of the People's Republic of China Zhang Dejiang thanked Chairman of the State Council Farid Mukhametshin for the warm reception in Kazan. “I was impressed by your beautiful city and nature. I was especially glad to that there are economic growth, consent and harmony in the society under leadership of Rustam Minnikhanov.
Zhang Dejiang noted that he heard about Tatarstan when he was young, and had always wanted to visit the republic. He highly estimated the developed industry of the republic and noted high level of relations between Russia and China.
“We are taking efforts to strengthen friendship and cooperation between Tatarstan and China,” Mr Zhang Dejiang summarized.
On March 10, the third meeting of the organizing committee on preparation and holding of the 20th anniversary Russian Venture Forum 2026 to be held in Kazan from April 8 to 10, chaired by Russian Minister of Science and Higher Education Valery Falkov and with participation of Tatarstan Prime Minister of the Republic of Tatarstan and co-chair of the forum’s organizing committee Aleksey Pesoshin, President of the Academy of Sciences of Tatarstan Rifkat Minnikhanov, Director of the Investment and Venture Fund of Tatarstan Damir Galiev as well as representatives of federal and regional authorities, development institutions and partner organizations via videoconference, took place.
On 10 March, speaking at a briefing dedicated to the development of the national Max messenger in Tatarstan and held in the Government House of the republic with all municipalities taking part in it via videoconference, the Minister of Digitalization of Public Administration, Information Technologies and Communication of the republic Ilya Nachvin informed that according to the data of March 2026 about 1.5m residents of Tatarstan use domestic Max messenger.
On 5 February Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin took part in ceremony of awarding winners of the regional competition “The Woman of the Year. The Man of the Year: A Woman’s View” held at the Korston Leisure and Recreation Center in Kazan.
On 4 March at a briefing in the Government House of the republic Tatarstan Minister of Land and Property Relation Fanil Agliullin told about changes in land legislation enforced from 1 March of the current year. He said that they simplify a number of procedures for land plot owners including expanding the possibilities for land use and changing the rules for changing the category of a plot.