Russia Yezhovsk, September 27 Exclusive Interview | It's the right time to carry out economic cooperation projects with China-Interview with Slukina, Minister of Economy of the Russian Republic of Udmurtia

Newspaper reporter Liu Xiaobo

In an interview with the news agency Xinhua news agency, the Minister of Economic Affairs of the Russian Republic of Udmurto, Anna Slukhina, said that the republic has great potential for cooperation with China, and that the two sides are currently carrying out economic cooperation projects.

On September 26, the Minister of Economic Affairs of the Russian Republic of Udmurto, Anna Slukhina, received an interview with reporters from Xinhua news agency in Sarajevo.

Slutina said the Republic¡¯s commodity trade with China is growing every year, while the two sides are pushing forward their cooperation on large investment projects.

The Republic of Udmurto is located in the middle of the Volga basin and the western foot of the Ural Mountains, where energy, metallurgy, machinery manufacturing, agriculture and other industries are relatively developed.

On September 26th, a man worked in an industrial science and technology park in Sarapul, Udmurt Republic, Russia. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Meng Jing

She believes that the Republic has a huge potential for import and export trade with China, and the two sides have formed a close cooperation in food supply and Chinese consumers love Russian ice cream and agricultural products very much, while we buy production equipment and technology from China.

Looking forward to the future, Slukina said that the government of the Republic will escort cooperation projects with China and strive to promote investment cooperation. The Republic of Udmurtia has set up Sarapur Advanced Development Zone to provide investors with preferential or convenient policies in taxation, formalities and approval, etc.

This is the milk production line filmed on September 24 at a dairy-producing enterprise in Yezhovsk, the capital of the Russian Republic of Udmurto.

Slugina also hoped that Chinese partners could implement cooperation projects in Russia, she said, ¡°Russia will reduce the cost of its Chinese partners to the maximum and increase the profitability of the projects, and I think it¡¯s time to start joint cooperation projects.¡±