Yakutia and Heilongjiang expanded interregional cooperation

YAKUTSK. Mutually advantageous trade and economic, scientific and technical and cultural cooperation of Yakutia and Heilongjiang (the northern a province of China), based on agreement' 2004, has received new continuation.

Under the invitation of President of Yakutia Vyacheslav Shtyrova the delegation of the Chinese National Republic led by Chairman of the National Government of Heilongjiang Province has visited the republic on June 21-26, 2006. Negotiations between region heads resulted in signing the protocol on the expansion of activity in economy, trade and tourism.

Heilongjiang has suggested meetings between two region heads to be arranged on a constant basis. The province is up to consider the opportunity to construct a shopping center with a hotel in Yakutsk . The Chinese side is ready to support investment projects of the Sakha Republic , in particular, the construction of the Yakut house «Urasa» in Harbin , Heilongjiang .

In turn, the Republic has shown interest in creating joint ventures on natural resources development. With a view of experience exchange it is offered to involve highly skilled experts from Heilongjiang for expansion of agricultural production manufacture.

Both parties are going to participate in Year of Russia in China and Year of China in Russia within the framework of which the Sakha Republic will hold its presentation in Bejing and Harbin in September, 2006, and Heilongjiang will have its Days in Yakutia.

Written by Irina Zaritskaya
Resource: Yakutia-Sakha News Agency