Vice-premier of the State Council of China arrived in Kazan
1 June 2011, Wednesday
Delegation of the People's Republic of China headed by Vice-premier of the State Council Wang Qishan arrived in Kazan. RF Minister of energy Sergei Shmatko joined the delegation. President of Tatarstan Republic Rustam Minnikhanov met guests at the international airport “Kazan”.
Delegation of the People's Republic of China visits Russia within the limits of regular round of Russian-Chinese energy dialogue. On Tuesday Vice-premier of the State Council Wang Qishan met with RF Vice-premier Vladimir Putin. Today the delegation visited Izhevsk and arrived in Kazan.
Potential of economic potential of republic was shown to members of delegation in RT Cabinet. A meeting between Rustam Minnikhanov and Wang Qishan was held afterwards.
Rustam Minnikhanov thanked Vice-premier of China State Council for visit. Wang Qishan stressed that presentation of Tatarstan economic opportunities impressed members of delegation. “We evince great interest in your country and republic. We see that Tatarstan is the leader in oil production and petrochemistry. It is one of major industrial regions in Russia”, - Vice-premier of China State Council said. Wang Qishan also noted that Tatarstan is a twin region of Chinese province Sandu. By his words population of this developed province makes 90 mln. people. “It is a huge market for your resources. We should develop cooperation between regions more intensively”, - Wang Qishan said addressing to Rustam Minnikhanov.
Vice-premier of China State Council wished Rustam Minnikhanov successful preparation and holding of Universiade 2013 in Kazan.
On June,1 delegation of the People's Republic of China is going to visit the Kazan Kremlin and on June,2 will continue its working program in Tatarstan capital.
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
On 24 April in the Government House of the republic, Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin held a joint meeting the Council for Enforcement of Legislation of Languages of Tatarstan and the organizational committee for celebrations of the 140th birthday of Gabdulla Tukay which summarized results of work of the regional law enforcement on official languages of the republic and considered progress of the implementation of the plan of main events for preparation and celebration of the 140th birthday of Gabdulla Tukay .
On 21 April, speaking at a briefing in the Government House of the republic, the Head of the Russian Federal Tax Service for Tatarstan Marat Safiullin said that slightly more than one week is left to file an income tax return for 2025 with the tax service. According to the results of the tax campaign 5.5.bn rubles should come to the regional budget, he said and informed who should submit declarations and who is entitled to benefits.
On 13 April in his congratulatory address on the occasion of the Maecenas and Benefactor Day, Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin congratulated residents of the republic with the event and wrote: "Tatarstan has always been known for its generous and kind-hearted people who are ready to help the needy and support important social, cultural and educational projects. We all remember with gratitude the outstanding philanthropists – the Akchurin brothers, the Alafuzovs, and the Ushkovs, whose good deeds and generous donations contributed to the development of culture, education, and healthcare in our republic. The glorious traditions are continued by modern philanthropists and patrons of Tatarstan.