Today, March 11, in Smolny the Vice-Chairman of the Committee for external relations of St.-Petersburg Andrey Hluttaw met with the members of the Supervisory Board of ANO "Japan center for development of trade-economic relations".
During the conversation, the parties discussed the state and prospects of cooperation between St. Petersburg and Japan. It was noted that Japan is among the top ten trading partners of St. Petersburg. However, as A. D. Khlutkov said, in 2018 there was a slight (by 1.5% compared to the same period of 2017) decrease in mutual trade turnover, which, in his opinion, does not correspond to the existing potential. The parties agreed to make joint efforts to overcome the current situation.
Andrew Khlutkov confirmed the readiness of St. Petersburg to develop mutually beneficial cooperation. In particular, such areas as shipbuilding, automotive, urban economy, industrial modernization, the use of energy-saving technologies, tourism and the exchange of exhibition funds of museums were mentioned as promising. In addition, the partners were provided with information on investment projects in St. Petersburg, which could be of interest to Japanese investors. Representatives of ANO "Japan center" was transferred to the materials on the construction concept of the Eastern martial arts Centre in our city.
As a result of the meeting, the parties reached an agreement on the development of cooperation. So, among the next events (approximately in may this year) it is planned to hold seminars with the participation of Japanese specialists in the field of waste processing, "smart city" and medicine.
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Autonomous non-profit organization "Japanese Center for the development of trade and economic relations" consists of six branches: in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Nizhny Novgorod, Khabarovsk, Vladivostok and Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk. In our city ANO "Japanese center" has been operating since 2000. The work of these centres is being built in accordance with the" Memorandum between the Government of Japan on the activities of The Japanese centre for technical assistance to the reforms in the Russian Federation in the territory of the Russian Federation " of 29 June 2003. The activities of the centre are financed and directed by the government of Japan through the Embassy of Japan in Russia.
The main activities of the center are: organization of internships in Japan for specialists from Russia and Japanese language courses, as well as creation of conditions for expansion of trade and growth of investments between our countries.