YIEF Discussed Industrial Parks in Russia

The VI Yalta International Economic Forum became a platform for discussing pressing issues of economic, industrial, cultural and social development of Bashkortostan and Crimea. The forum there arranged a meeting for NAIDA.Infrastructure, where speakers and participants discussed the development of industrial parks in Russia. Rafael Khusyainshin, Managing Director of the National Association of Investment and Development Agencies, opened the meeting.

- Today we are focusing on the development of industrial parks. There is a reason for that. Surveys of our Association, the Russian Union of Industrialists, and our entrepreneurs show that in the current realities, when the investor chooses the region of Russia to place their production in, first and foremost they look at the infrastructure and special economic zones, industrial parks. This topic was also in the focus at the routine meeting of the State Council of Russia's Commission on the Targeting of Investment. A number of motions was made and approved. In particular, for example, it was applied to reduce insurance contribution rates to 7.6% to SEZ residents. The meeting also discussed the issue of developing separate programs of preferential loans to managers of SEZs and industrial parks. The conversation touched on options for amending the rules of SEZ creation to allow an addendum for technical extension of the site, Rafael Khusyainshin noted.

Dmitriy Korolev, Deputy Director of the Department of Regional Industrial Policy of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Russia, made a report on support measures for industrial parks in Russia. He showed the participants the statistics of support for industrial and technology parks in the country.

Natalya Shamanskaya, Deputy Director of the Department of Investment Policy and Small and Medium Entrepreneurship Development of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation, spoke about the new concept of measures to create industrial, techno- and business parks.

One of the key speakers of the section was Dmitriy Vorona, Deputy Chairperson of the Federation Council Committee on Economic Policy.

- We should come to a model where industrial and technoparks are production facilities that engage science and research findings, because we are at the threshold of another technological revolution. We need to make our industry high-tech as soon as possible, - said Dmitriy Vorona.

Zhokhangir Abdurakhmanov, Director of the Management of Chirchik Chemical Industrial TechnoPark, highlighted international cooperation in the field of technopark development.

- The official visit of Bashkortostan delegation to Uzbekistan in April 2024 reached an agreement to establish a joint technopark with the Development Corporation of the Republic of Bashkortostan in the city of Nurafshan. The total area will be 60 ha. All domestic procedures are passed. Now together with the Development Corporation of the Republic of Bashkortostan we have developed a draft master plan of this technopark, where we expect more than 30 thousand square meters of production facilities. Together with the authorities we have started working on electricity, gas and water supply, - he said.

Maksim Pazdnikov, Development Director, Co-Chairperson of the Board of the Russian Industrial Parks Association, delivered the final report of the section. He reported about the development of industrial parks and mechanisms of their support in the current conditions.

FYI:
The Yalta International Economic Forum is an international business event in the field of economy. It's been held since 2015 in Crimea. The YIEF is the fourth biggest economic forum in Russia. The first forum was held nine years ago and attended by over 600 people from 13 countries such as Russia, Italy, Slovenia, Türkiye, Hong Kong, Japan, the Czech Republic, Switzerland, Greece, Kazakhstan, Israel, India and Serbia. In the later years the event was thriving facing the relevant challenges. The YIEF 2019 was participated by over 4,500 people from around 89 countries. The event yielded in over 102 agreements totally worth 215 billion rubles and establishing 1,700 jobs.

This year, the Yalta International Economic Forum finds its venue in the capital city of the Republic of Bashkortostan. Ufa plays a significant economic role in Russia thanks to its favorable layout, economic potential, cultural diversity and active engagement in local and international processes.

The Forum received off-line participants from 35 countries. The total number of participating states will exceed 90. The online forum is attended by representatives of 81 countries, including the states of Latin America and the Caribbean.

Yalta International Economic Forum is held under the International Business Week 2024. The event is recognized by Maria Zakharova, Representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia, as a top-5 largest forum in Russia. This event strengthens the role of the region as a venue of business communication and cooperation. The Republic of Bashkortostan proves to be an expert ground for a meaningful dialog between the authorities and business community and strengthens its presence on the map of international business activity.

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