Volga regions are preparing for the upcoming meeting of the Co-Chairs of the Joint Working Group in the format of "Volga Yangtze

September 24 in Nizhny Novgorod on behalf of the Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Russian Federation in the Volga Federal District Mikhail Babich, deputy envoy Yuri Zolotarev chaired a meeting of the Russian part of the Joint Working Group in the format of "Volga Yangtze", which was attended by First Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Penza region Vladimir Volkov. The meeting was held via videoconference.

The key issue of the meeting was to prepare for the upcoming meeting of the Co-Chairs of the Joint Working Group in the format of "Volga Yangtze" - Deputy Plenipotentiary Representative of the Russian President in the Volga Federal District Alexei Suhova and Deputy Minister of Foreign China Cheng Guoping, scheduled to be held in December this year in Ulyanovsk. In the near future, the Russian side plans to Chinese partners an updated list of investment projects and the Roadmap for Humanitarian Cooperation, trained in the development of the format "Volga Yangtze", which are supervised by the Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Volga Federal District Mikhail Babich, State Councilor and Minister Yang Jiechi.

Vladimir Volkov said that in Penza is planned to hold an international scientific symposium "Socio-economic development of enterprises and regions" with the participation of representatives of Penza State Architectural University and Chongqing University vehicle.

A number of proposals to the Chinese side, in particular: cooperation project in the field of agriculture - growing and processing of agricultural products and livestock products, the construction of the greenhouse complex for growing vegetables and green crops, build factories for the production and enrichment of glass sand, building class A logistics complex and other .

Prominently in the debate took the possible participation of the Volga Federal District in the upcoming 19th regular meeting of Heads of Government of Russia and China, during which provides the conclusion of bilateral cooperation framework agreement. Total in preparation 10 agreements between the regions of the Volga Federal District and the provinces of the upper and middle reaches of the Yangtze River.