Dear forum participants, dear friends,
On behalf of the Russian government, I welcome you at the Russia-China Forum “Investment in Innovation.”
Relations between Russia and China are characterized by high dynamic and active contacts on all levels, and stem fr om comprehensive, equal, trust-based partnership and strategic cooperation.
The current situation requires ongoing development of new initiatives, new projects, and new enterprises for ensuring economic growth.
Every country now hosts tens of forums of different scale a year devoted to innovations and technological development. At the same time, in order to ensure close cooperation between individual regions, it is important to have a common understanding and provide opportunities for regular interaction between experts and professionals.
Russia and China have accumulated a substantial experience in development of a dialog on innovations and technology. In 2014, China became the main partner country of the 3rd Moscow International Forum “Open Innovations.” Also in 2014, Russia was the main guest of honor at the 7th Pujiang Innovation Forum in Shanghai. In 2015, China became a partner country of the Innoprom industrial exhibition in Yekaterinburg, and in early November 2016, Shanghai will host China International Industry Fair, CIIF 2016, wh ere Russia will be the Partner Country.
These events create a foundation for expanding and diversifying cooperation on joint development of innovations and high technology. At the same time, smaller formats of interaction, aimed at developing common notions and detailed knowledge of certain processes, remain as relevant as ever. The Investment in Innovation forum is an example of such format, offering professional investors from Russia and China an opportunity to have an open dialog, discuss cooperation and opportunities of the institutional and technological environment for establishing mutually beneficial financial partnerships.
Today, 15 September 2016, is one of China’s main traditional holidays, Mid Autumn. Let me congratulate all of you on this wonderful holiday. Many of you will meet each other for the first time at the Forum today, but I hope that the atmosphere will be friendly and will encourage productive work, constructive discussions and achievement of your goals!
Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister A. Dvorkovich