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 31 March in the Government House of the republic Tatarstan Deputy Prime Minister Leyla Fazleeva hold a meeting of the Commission on the Russian language under the Rais of Tatarstan, which considered key issues of supporting and developing Russian language, including new educational initiatives and discussed programmes of popularization of Russian literature and activities to preserve the language heritage.
On 28 March, speaking at a meeting held by Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin in the Government House of the republic with participation of the Acting Chairman of the State Council of the republic Marat Akhmetov and all municipalities taking part in it via videoconference, the regional Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources Azat Ziganshin informed that the regional central cleaning up action will be held in the republic on 25 April and clarified that the location of the national cleanup day will be announced later as the site will be chosen taking into account the opinions of Tatarstan residents.
On 28 March, speaking at a meeting held by Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin in the Government House of the republic with participation of the regional and the Acting Chairman of the State Council of the republic Marat Akhmetov and all municipalities taking part in it via videoconference, the regional Deputy Minister of Construction, Architecture and Housing Utilities Sector Damir Shaydullin informed about statistics on the collection of utility bills payments from the population and data on the payment discipline of enterprises and organizations of the republic.
On 27 March, speaking at a ceremonial event dedicated to celebrations of the Day of Russian National Guard held at the Kazan City Hall with participation of the Chief of the Office of the Staff of the Rais of the republic Asgat Safarov, heads of law-enforcement bodies of the republic and veterans and employees of the territorial Directorate of the National Guard, Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin said that the Russian National Guard Directorate for the republic Republic of Tatarstan is traditionally acknowledged as one of the best in the country.