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Over 2 million rare fish fry have been released into the Irtysh River in China this year

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BEIJING, July 17 (Xinhua) — A total of 2.085 million fingerlings of five rare fish species, including common taimen, burbot and Siberian grayling, have been released into the Irtysh River basin in Altay Prefecture of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region this year, according to the region's department of agriculture and rural affairs.

As the department added, approximately 1.2 million more fry of three species of commercial fish were released into Lake Urungu on the territory of the district this year.

This is a key step in the efforts of local authorities to restore and protect aquatic biological resources, as well as improve the ecological environment of water bodies, the department said in a statement.

The Altai District has six national-level zones for the conservation of aquatic product germplasm resources, where 360 million fish fry can be grown per year. Thanks to the ecological restoration system formed with the release of fish fry as one of the main methods, the fish population in the district increased by 10 percent year-on-year in 2025, the department noted.

The water quality in the Irtysh River basin has remained at class I for the third year in a row, said department official Qu Hong.

Let us recall that the Irtysh River flows through the territories of three countries: Kazakhstan, Russia and China. It originates from the southern slope of the Altai Mountains, flows into the Ob and carries its waters to the Arctic Ocean. -0-

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Specialized forums dedicated to Central Asia added to Xinjiang International Mining Expo

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BEIJING, July 17 (Xinhua) — The organizing committee of the Xinjiang International Mining and Machinery Expo said on Thursday that two specialized forums dedicated to Central Asia will be added to the event, which will be held from July 18 to 20, 2025.

The first forum will be devoted to issues of cooperation between Central Asia and the Silk Road countries in the mining industry, while the second will discuss issues of development of the mining industry in the context of the construction of the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway.

According to Hu Yaoguang, Secretary General of the Organizing Committee of the Expo, 2025-2026 have been declared the “Years of High-Quality Development of China-Central Asia Cooperation.” Within the framework of this cooperation, six priority areas have been approved: unimpeded trade, industrial investment, infrastructure connectivity, “green” mining, agricultural modernization, and people-to-people exchanges. This creates political support for the successful implementation of the projects.

According to him, the second China-Central Asia summit was recently held in Astana /Kazakhstan/, during which China and the five Central Asian countries reached a number of cooperation agreements, giving new impetus to interaction in the region. Against this background, the addition of two Central Asian forums to the Xinjiang Mining Expo is aimed at further deepening and specifying China's multilateral cooperation with the Central Asian countries.

The mining industry is one of the key sectors in the Central Asian economy and an important area of cooperation between China and the countries in the region. Since its establishment, the Xinjiang Mining Expo has always paid great attention to building a platform for mining exchanges between China and Central Asia.

Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region /Northwest China/, as a key area of the Silk Road Economic Belt and with the geographical advantage of a common border with Central Asian countries, serves as a frontier for cooperation in the mining industry. The construction of the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway, a landmark cooperation project between the three countries under the Belt and Road Initiative, will dramatically improve the region's transport and logistics conditions, opening up new opportunities for cooperation in the mining sector. -0-

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China's Vice Chairman Meets South African Vice President

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BEIJING, July 17 (Xinhua) — Chinese Vice President Han Zheng met with South African Vice President Paul Mashatile in Beijing on Thursday.

In September last year, China and South Africa announced the upgrading of their bilateral relations to a comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership for a new era. Han Zheng said this opened a new chapter in building a high-level community with a shared future between the two countries.

He called on both sides to further implement the important consensus reached by the leaders of the two countries, continuously deepen political mutual trust, promote high-quality development of bilateral cooperation, and serve the cause of modernization in both countries.

Paul Mashatile said South Africa attaches great importance to its relations with China and firmly adheres to the one-China policy.

Noting that bilateral cooperation in trade, investment and other areas has made significant progress, he said the country is willing to implement the consensus reached to contribute to the development of relations between South Africa and China, as well as between Africa and China. -0-

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Boom in passenger travel reported at Jimunai checkpoint on China-Kazakhstan border

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URUMQI, July 17 (Xinhua) — The incoming and outgoing passenger flow through Jimunai Port in Jimunai County in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region has exceeded 49,000 times this year as of July 15, according to local border control data.

During the reporting period, 12 thousand vehicles passed through this checkpoint on the Chinese-Kazakh border, the data showed.

According to Yang Chun, a manager at a local travel agency, the number of cross-border tour groups has increased significantly. He said his company, which offers various tour routes lasting from 1 to 30 days to Kazakhstan, organized tours for car tourists using 28 vehicles in May and June this year.

The boom in cross-border travel is driven by the implementation of a mutual visa-free regime between China and Kazakhstan, which came into effect in November 2023.

The visa-free policy makes cross-border travel more convenient, said Aytosh Makhmet, a tourist from Almaty, Kazakhstan, who plans to travel to Burchun County and Urumqi City in Xinjiang and other places during his stay in China.

The county's Department of Culture, Sports, Radio, Television and Tourism is working to develop new cross-border tourism products that integrate tourism resources from China and Kazakhstan, allowing domestic travelers to Xinjiang to also enter Kazakhstan through the Jimunai checkpoint, said Liu Shurong, an official with the department. -0-

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'Nimble' on the move: Polytechnic students study Russia

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The student conductor team "Provorny" has once again set off to explore the remote regions of our country during the work season. The polytechnicians work as conductors for the Federal Passenger Company and make trips to Moscow, Smolensk, Velikiye Luki, Anapa, Kislovodsk, Yeysk, Taganrog. They also work on the international route to Sukhum.

The season of guides is very specific. Participants and candidates are divided into small groups, on average six people, and work under the guidance of two experienced team leaders. This year, the student team "Provorny" formed five teams.

The team "Complivit Egor Vnukov" visited Smolensk. During the trip, young candidates were able to use in practice all the knowledge they had received during their training and demonstrated their skills in real conditions.

“During the long downtime, we explored the city center, visited the House of the Opposite, and looked at local attractions. We also found out who would climb the mountain faster, tried berry punch and mocha from an old machine. We held two commissariats: “Your Game” with exciting tasks and “Trend by Colors,” where each participant received their own color and created photos with it. As a souvenir of Smolensk, we took away a toy that we called Not Hehe. Now it will accompany us on every trip,” the guys shared.

Among the SPbPU brigades, one team stands out, which participates in the All-Russian Labor Project. Its goal is to improve the level of professional activity of conductors and diversify their leisure time in their free time. The VTP brigade includes ten of the most active polytechnics. The leadership was taken over by Ulyana Shtol, Egor Samokhvalov and Dima Afanasyev, who will be responsible for organizing events and coordinating the work.

"Provorny" competes with 15 teams from different regions of Russia. During the season, the guys face the following tasks: to achieve high performance indicators, including the volume of products sold and the number of hours worked, to conduct active commissar activities, to hold events for passengers. In addition, throughout the summer, many different events are held: Spartakiad, competitions for the best team corner and in the media, "Miss and Mister VTP", a creative festival and others. And in each of them, the polytechnicians will try to show maximum results.

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Shanghai Port Car Exports Exceed 1.27 Million Units in 1H25

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SHANGHAI, July 17 (Xinhua) — Automobile exports via Shanghai Port exceeded 1.27 million units in the first half of 2025, up 13 percent year on year and accounting for 36.7 percent of China's total automobile exports during the period, data from Shanghai Customs showed.

The volume of automobile exports from Shanghai Port increased from 379 thousand units in 2020 to 2.39 million units in 2024, with an average annual growth rate of 58.4%.

Exports via the Haitong International Automobile Terminal, located in Shanghai's Waigaoqiao Port Area, reached 715,000 units in the first six months of this year, up 13.7 percent year on year. Export routes now cover 131 countries and regions around the world.

Efficient logistics and simplified cargo clearance were key factors in the growth of automobile exports, Shanghai Customs said. -0-

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Tajikistan and Uzbekistan agree on energy supplies

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Almaty, July 17 (Xinhua) — The Tajik government has approved a draft agreement on the supply of electricity from the Rogun hydroelectric power station (HPP) to Uzbekistan, the Avesta news agency reported on Thursday.

The set price for electricity is 3.4 US cents per 1 kWh.

The price is subject to annual indexation at a rate of 1%, starting from the second year of the agreement.

The document is concluded for a period of 20 years with automatic extension for subsequent ten-year periods, unless the parties declare termination six months before the expiration of the term. –0–

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Biometrics will be installed at all metro turnstiles.

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As Maxim Liksutov explained, by the end of 2025, all payment equipment for passage at stations will be connected to the biometric service. For example, at the end of last week, work was completed on the Solntsevskaya Line, where biometrics appeared at 138 passages. Biometrics has become a convenient and secure way to pay for travel, in which all user data is securely encrypted, and the system itself has a bank-level of protection.

Previously, a convenient method of paying for travel was launched at all turnstiles of the following lines: Troitskaya, Butovskaya, Nekrasovskaya and Filevskaya.

Moscow is the world leader in the number of types of transport where payment by biometrics is available. The payment service operates in the metro, on the Moscow Central Circle, Aeroexpress, regular river routes and some MCD stations. The most modern method of paying for travel can be used at about 1.5 thousand turnstiles of city transport. According to the task of Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin, the best Russian payment solutions for the convenience of users continue to be developed in the capital's transport, – added Maxim Liksutov.

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Financial news: The Bank of Russia is improving approaches to calculating standards.

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From August 18, 2025, banks will begin calculating capital adequacy standards according to new instructions from the Bank of Russia No. 220-I And No. 221-I.

The new rules imply the transition of all banks with a universal license to a finalized (more risk-sensitive) approach to calculating capital adequacy standards. The standard approach will be retained for banks with a basic license and non-bank credit institutions.

Other important changes include:

— the criteria for classifying borrowers as investment grade have been improved (in particular, a condition has been added for having a credit rating of at least “A”), to which a reduced risk weight is applied;

— differentiated risk weights have been introduced for loans to subjects and municipalities of Russia depending on the level of credit rating from Russian rating agencies, and in its absence, on the level of debt sustainability as assessed by the Ministry of Finance of Russia (in the future, it is planned to completely switch to credit ratings);

— risk weights for mortgage loans at the construction stage are equal to those used for mortgages on completed housing, and those, in turn, are calibrated based on default statistics;

— when calculating macroprudential premiums, a single multiplicative approach will be applied both for banks using approaches to risk assessment based on internal ratings and for other banks;

— further important steps have been taken to address the problem of credit concentration: firstly, under repo transactions the risk will be considered to be on the issuer of securities accepted as collateral if the borrower's rating is below "AA"; secondly, banks will be able to transfer the concentration risk from the borrower to a reliable guarantor/surety/issuer of securities accepted as collateral.

The changes will help to more accurately assess risks, will help to level the playing field for competition, and will also support balanced growth in lending to the economy.

To make it easier for banks to adapt to the new regulations, some of the innovations will only apply to new loans, that is, those issued after August 18, 2025.

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Government meeting (2025, No. 24).

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1. On the allocation of budgetary allocations to the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Russia in 2025 from the reserve fund of the Government of the Russian Federation for the provision of one-time financial assistance in the form of a subsidy from the federal budget to the budget of the Republic of Tatarstan

The draft order is aimed at providing financial support for the implementation of the investment project “Complex for the production of large-tonnage LNG compressor units” in the single-industry town of Zelenodolsk.

2. On the allocation of budgetary allocations to Rosaviatsia in 2025 from the reserve fund of the Government of the Russian Federation for the purpose of providing subsidies from the federal budget to Russian airports

The draft order is aimed at partial reimbursement of expenses for ordinary activities and interest on credit agreements or loan agreements during the period of introduction of the temporary flight restriction regime to airports in the southern and central parts of Russia for December 2024 – June 2025.

3. On the allocation of budgetary allocations to the Ministry of Transport of Russia in 2025 from the reserve fund of the Government of the Russian Federation within the framework of the state program of the Russian Federation "Development of the transport system"

The funds are needed to implement the project "Construction of the Bagaevsky hydroelectric complex on the Don River. Objects of the 2nd stage (main period)."

4. On the allocation of budgetary appropriations to the Ministry of Construction of Russia in 2025 from the reserve fund of the Government of the Russian Federation for the purpose of providing another inter-budget transfer from the federal budget to the budget of the Orenburg Region

The draft order is aimed at reimbursing the regional budget for the costs incurred in financial support for the implementation of social support measures for citizens whose residential premises were lost and/or damaged as a result of the emergency caused by the spring floods of 2024.

5. On the allocation of budgetary appropriations to the Ministry of Construction of Russia in 2025 from the reserve fund of the Government of the Russian Federation for the provision of a subsidy from the federal budget within the framework of the federal project "Assistance to the development of infrastructure of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation (municipalities)" to the budget of the Saratov region for the purpose of implementing the project "Bank protection of the Volgograd reservoir on the section from the first berth to the solarium "Zaton" city of Saratov (stages 2, 3)"

The adoption of the draft order will ensure the creation of a full-fledged coastal protection belt and the use of the embankment as a center of public and cultural activity in Saratov.

6. On the allocation of budgetary appropriations from the reserve fund of the Government of the Russian Federation to the Ministry of Economic Development of Russia in 2025

The draft order is aimed at providing the Federal Corporation for the Development of Small and Medium-Sized Entrepreneurship joint-stock company with a subsidy from the federal budget for the implementation of projects aimed at developing special economic zones and single-industry municipalities of the Russian Federation (single-industry towns).

Moscow, July 16, 2025

The content of the press releases of the Department of Press Service and References is a presentation of materials submitted by federal executive bodies for discussion at a meeting of the Government of the Russian Federation.

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