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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
Moscow, July 7 /Xinhua/ — The China-Russia EXPO is an important platform for establishing long-term partnership with China in the field of production and investment, said Anatoly Garbuzov, Minister of the Moscow Government and Head of the Moscow Department of Investment and Industrial Policy (DIIP), in a recent exclusive interview with Xinhua ahead of the 9th China-Russia EXPO, which will be held from July 7 to 10 in Yekaterinburg, Russia.
"The Russian-Chinese EXPO is one of the key platforms where Russian and Chinese manufacturers, investors can meet and discuss pressing issues in the field of industry and industrial production. This platform is very significant and important for us, because we are focused on long-term cooperation with our Chinese partners," he said.
A. Garbuzov reported that Moscow will present a wide exhibition of goods at EXPO this year. “This is more than 40 types of various high-tech products from 27 companies: starting with completely advanced developments in the field of microelectronics, photonics, pharmaceuticals, space industry — a completely new engine for spacecraft will be presented — and ending with socially important things, such as endoprostheses, smart biosensors. In general, everything that makes people's lives easier and simpler,” he explained.
The head of the DIPP announced a very intense and informative business program at the Moscow stand. “There will be various sessions devoted, first of all, to the cluster approach to industrial development. This is one of the key areas that we are currently developing, creating the corresponding industrial infrastructure ourselves, and giving investors the opportunity to obtain land plots on preferential terms in order to create real large and absolutely advanced clusters,” he said, inviting Chinese partners to sign agreements, and most importantly, to implement them.
A. Garbuzov emphasized that China is a key trading partner for Moscow. Almost half of the exports of products manufactured in the Russian capital are sent to China. Popular Russian food products are exported in China. The minister cited data according to which about 60 percent of Russian ice cream exports to China come from Moscow. “We are not limited to food production alone. We have instrument making, microelectronics — we are happy to share all of this with our Chinese partners. In exchange, we import components and materials that allow us to develop our production,” he added.
As the agency's interlocutor noted, Moscow and its partners from China have established profitable and effective business cooperation. "Production with the participation of Chinese investors is localized in Moscow. Representatives of Moscow companies travel to China to gain relevant experience, adopt practices and some technological processes. This is a friendly, normal partnership with a strong, real partner, which can be further developed," he emphasized.
The capital's minister called the high-tech sector the most promising area of interaction with China. "Of course, this is the development of absolutely new advanced capabilities of urban mobility, electric transport, microelectronics, instrument making, pharmaceuticals – everything that creates high added value and is interesting for investment," he said, adding that Moscow is taking unprecedented measures to support investors, offering long-term offset contracts, contracts with guaranteed demand, various benefits, as well as opportunities for localizing production in the capital's special economic zone /SEZ/.
A. Garbuzov said that last year he visited China and got acquainted with the work of technology parks and industrial clusters in Beijing. “Of course, we are inspired by the example that China gives us. Chinese technology parks and industrial clusters are not just industrial areas where various production facilities are located, they are an entire city with social infrastructure, with places where you can spend time with your family after work or spend time with friends,” he shared his impressions.
The agency's interlocutor added that when developing industrial sites of the SEZ, the Moscow authorities are trying to use Chinese experience: not only to create absolutely advanced industrial infrastructure, build factories of modern architecture, but also to develop places where people can relax after work, social facilities. "This is very important for us to integrate and increase the popularity of engineering professions in the city and in the country. Because the future belongs to engineers. They should come to the most modern workplaces, work on modern machines, which we, among other things, import from China," he believes.
The head of the DIPP reported that Moscow is developing cooperation with China within the SCO, in particular with the China Center for Technology Transfer of SCO Member States. According to him, such interaction allows getting acquainted with advanced projects, and then trying to “land” them in the city. They are interested in completely new productions that are not in the Russian capital. “We are interested in all new forms of energy transfer, including traction batteries. We are interested in various chemical compositions that can be used to improve the speed of charging batteries,” explained A. Garbuzov.
The Moscow minister emphasized that China has achieved a certain superiority in the development of electric transport. “It is amazing when you open a window somewhere in Beijing and do not hear the noise of engines, because everything is electric, only the noise of wheels. We are striving for this, building corresponding clusters of traction batteries in Moscow. We request all new advanced technologies for batteries through the China Technology Transfer Center,” he said.
In turn, Moscow is ready to share its achievements, for example, in pharmaceuticals and localization of active pharmaceutical substances. “The drugs that are now supplied to Moscow medical institutions are localized not only in the packaging, but also in the substance itself – what the tablet is made of. Of course, we are ready to share the relevant information with our Chinese partners for the development of their pharmaceutical production,” said A. Garbuzov.
The official also praised China's economic successes and the development of its own production. "In the conditions of the temptation to buy everything from abroad, because it is easier, faster and does not require any investment, the Chinese economic miracle is perceived with great respect," he noted. A. Garbuzov added that the Moscow authorities are also trying to develop industrial production, because they believe that this is the basis of technological sovereignty. "What is our absolute advantage in partnership with China is that we look at things the same way, we look at technological sovereignty the same way," he emphasized.
As A. Garbuzov stated, Moscow is currently experiencing another industrial revolution, a new industrialization. He called the Russian capital the most reliable partner and a profitable place for investment. “We actively invite all our Chinese partners and investors,” he concluded. –0–
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