Sept 9-12 — CCPIT vice-chair Li Xingqian led a delegation to Russia to attend
the 7th China‑Russia SME Industrial Forum under the China-Russia Friendship,
Peace and Development Committee. About 800 Chinese and Russian participants
attended; CCPIT organized a Chinese entrepreneurs’ delegation of more than 300.
Delegates discussed cooperation in the digital economy, local-government
cooperation, creative industries, tourism, e-commerce and agriculture. While in
Russia Li visited Yekaterinburg, met acting Consul General Wang Tong and
officials from the Yekaterinburg investment bureau and local firms to discuss
strengthening China‑Russia trade, investment, industrial cooperation and local
economic ties.
