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On September 12, Sheng Qiuping, Director of the Provincial Department of Commerce, accompanied Secretary Che Jun during his visit to Russia, made a special trip to the first batch of state-level overseas economic and trade cooperation zones in Zhejiang Province — the Russian Ussurisk Economic and Trade Cooperation Zone. During the survey in the park, Sheng Qiuping met with Ruji, mayor of Ussurisk and chairman of Duma. Sheng Qiuping said that this year marks the fifth anniversary of the “the Belt and Road” initiative. Zhejiang and Russia have increasingly frequent economic and trade exchanges. Russia has become an important partner of Zhejiang’s cross-border e-commerce. Zhejiang has opened direct flights between Hangzhou and Moscow, China Europe trains between Yiwu and Moscow, and maritime transport between Ningbo Zhoushan Port and Vladivostok. Next, we should take the Ussurisk Economic and Trade Cooperation Zone as an important platform to further strengthen cooperation with Russia and accelerate the development of trade, investment, e-commerce and other fields.
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Mayor Luji said that Ussurisk is an important city in the coastal border region, and Zhejiang is a bridgehead for China’s opening up. Urumqi very much hopes to carry out exchanges and cooperation with Zhejiang to achieve mutual benefit and win-win results. The Russian government attaches great importance to the development of the Far East, and has issued many preferential policies to revitalize the Far East. It hopes that more and more Zhejiang enterprises will come to Uzbekistan to invest and develop. The local government will provide trade and investment facilitation services, and will actively support the development of the Ussurisk Economic and Trade Cooperation Zone.
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During the visit, Director Sheng Qiuping held talks with the park leaders. Sheng Qiuping said that since the establishment of the Ussurisk Economic and Trade Cooperation Zone for more than ten years, he has done a lot of basic work, attracted a number of domestic enterprises to settle in, provided a broad platform and development space for enterprises to “go global”, and made contributions to local development. In recent years, due to the changes in the international economic situation, the devaluation of the ruble and other factors, the development of the park has encountered difficulties. However, with the in-depth implementation of the national “the Belt and Road” initiative, especially by taking advantage of the East Economic Forum and the China Russia local leaders’ dialogue, the park will usher in new development opportunities. It is hoped that the Park can seize the opportunity, overcome difficulties, innovate ideas, accelerate development, live up to the mandates and expectations of leaders of the two countries, and achieve a new leap in the new situation. The Provincial Department of Commerce will continue to provide support. Director Sheng Qiuping also visited the three enterprises in the park (respectively engaged in color steel manufacturing, color printing production and shoe making), and had a discussion with the person in charge of the enterprises.
(From the Office of Foreign Economic Relations)