Russian Export Center eases entries into Chinese marketThe sixth China International Import Expo, which concluded on Friday, attracted a multitude of Chinese and foreign businesses from a variety of industries to seek cooperation opportunities.
周五闭幕的第六届中国国际进口博览会吸引了来自各行各业的众多中外企业寻求合作机会。
With the support of the Russian Export Center, 66 companies presented their products under the "Made in Russia" brand at the sixth China International Import Expo, which is more than double the number of last year's participants from Russia.
在俄罗斯出口中心的支持下，66家公司在第六届中国国际进口博览会上以“俄罗斯制造”品牌展示了他们的产品，这是去年来自俄罗斯的参展人数的两倍多。
The REC's task is to help businesses enter the Chinese market as efficiently and quickly as possible, and we work at all levels to achieve this," said Veronika Nikishina, general director of the Russian Export Center, which was participating in the CIIE for the sixth consecutive year.
REC的任务是帮助企业尽可能高效、快速地进入中国市场，我们在各个层面都在努力实现这一目标，”俄罗斯出口中心总主任Veronika Nikishina说，该中心已连续第六年参加CIIE。
Visitors to the exhibit could also see high-tech solutions for industry and check out Russian software.
参观展览的游客还可以看到工业的高科技解决方案，并查看俄罗斯软件。
"Goods from China have become widespread in Russia in all areas, while Russian products with high added value, despite having high export potential, are still poorly recognized on the Chinese market.
“来自中国的商品在俄罗斯的各个领域都很普遍，而俄罗斯的高附加值产品尽管具有很高的出口潜力，但在中国市场上的认知度仍然很低。
"The Chinese market is very promising for Russian food products and fast-moving consumer goods," said Nikishina.
Nikishina说：“中国市场对俄罗斯食品和快速消费品非常有前景。”。
"Together with its partners, the REC also promotes Russian products in collective online stores at Chinese marketplaces, branded with its signature Made in Russia.
“REC还与其合作伙伴一起，在中国市场的集体网店上推广俄罗斯产品，并以其标志性的俄罗斯制造为品牌。
Kuaikan now cooperates with more than 80 comic platforms to promote original Chinese comics in nearly 200 countries and regions in more than 12 languages, including Japanese, Korean, English, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese and Russian.
快看现在与80多个漫画平台合作，在近200个国家和地区推广日语、韩语、英语、法语、德语、西班牙语、葡萄牙语和俄语等12种语言的原创中国漫画。
Some German lawmakers have fearmongered the project, saying it was creating dependency on China like Germany's dependency on Russian energy.
一些德国立法者对该项目表示担忧，称其造成了对中国的依赖，就像德国对俄罗斯能源的依赖一样。
The new app came as the company cooperates with more than 80 comic platforms to promote original Chinese comics in nearly 200 countries and regions in 12 languages, including Japanese, Korean, English, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese and Russian.
该公司与80多个漫画平台合作，在近200个国家和地区推广12种语言的原创中国漫画，包括日语、韩语、英语、法语、德语、西班牙语、葡萄牙语和俄语。
The market has swung widely for most of this week, rocked by developments which include the US ban on all imports of Russian oil, gas and energy and the United Kingdom's decision to phase out imports of Russian oil by the end of 2022.
在本周的大部分时间里，市场波动很大，受到美国禁止所有进口俄罗斯石油、天然气和能源以及英国决定在2022年底前逐步停止进口俄罗斯石油等事态发展的影响。
Kuaikan is cooperating with more than 70 comic platforms around the globe, covering nearly 200 countries and regions in 12 languages including Japanese, Korean, English, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese and Russian.
快看正在与全球70多个漫画平台合作，覆盖近200个国家和地区，包括日语、韩语、英语、法语、德语、西班牙语、葡萄牙语和俄语等12种语言。
It is cooperating with more than 70 comic platforms around the globe, covering nearly 200 countries and regions in 12 languages including Japanese, Korean, English, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese and Russian.
It is cooperating with more than 70 comic platforms around the globe, covering nearly 200 countries and regions in 12 languages including Japanese, Korean, English, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, and Russian.
Therefore, this fair focused on the Russian market, with textile supplies and the garment industry as the main focus, attracting more than 30 Russian buyers and more than 90 supplier enterprises to participate.
For Russian buyer Dmitriy Orysyuk, the online fair allows buyers to communicate with high-quality Chinese suppliers through the internet in their home countries, and to virtually visit the sample room.
com has since 2012 successively launched 10 multilingual sites -- in Spanish, Portuguese, French, Russian, Italian, Dutch, German, Arabic, Korean and Japanese -- to provide Chinese suppliers with multichannel promotion, multilingual translation and multilingual livestreaming services in the smaller language market and facilitate the development of the market for Chinese suppliers.
This has propelled the introduction and co-creation of innovative products like Russian biscuits and chili sauce from Rwanda.
It is expected that in 2025, Russian natural gas will pass directly through the tunnel to Shanghai.
"The 19 billion cubic meters of Russian gas in the future will further guarantee and diversify gas supplies along the route and intensify already fierce competition in the Yangtze River Delta area, supplied by the West–East Gas Pipeline, Sichuan – Shanghai pipeline and several terminals around the delta. "
By 2023, as much as 40 percent of Chinese gas demand growth will be met through Russian gas from Power of Siberia, which will make Russia one of the major natural gas suppliers to China in the future, in addition to Australia and Turkmenistan.
European and Russian consumers prefer to buy Pop Mart products on AliExpress, while North American consumers prefer to choose official websites and Amazon.
The project, upon completion, is expected to improve the local ecology, environment and the energy structure, and will mark fresh inroads of Energy China into the Russian market, said the company.
Other major players in the sector include Bell Helicopter Textron Inc, Leonardo SpA, Russian Helicopters JSC and Sikorsky Aircraft Corp.
The Amur Gas Chemical Complex, an integrated polyethylene and polypropylene production facility jointly developed by Sinopec and Russian petrochemical company Sibur, began construction on Aug 27,Sinopec said.
As Asia is becoming a major consumer of petrochemical products, it is expected that Russian petrochemical exports to China will increase alongside rising energy supplies.
The Amur gas chemical complex, an integrated polyethylene and polypropylene production complex jointly developed by China Petroleum and Chemical Corpand Russian petrochemical company Sibur, kicked off construction on Thursday.
The services will initially be available in southwestern Kazan, the capital and largest city of the Russian Republic of Tatarstan, home to the country's largest IT park.
Gu Dasong, executive director of transportation and the development research center at Southeast University, said the Russian market could offer a rich source of customers for Didi.
Yandex Taxi was founded by Russian internet conglomerate Yandex NV.
Didi said on Wednesday that it has launched its Didi Express service in southwestern Kazan, the capital and largest city of the Russian Republic of Tatarstan, home to the country's largest IT park.
Having first entered the Russian market in 2005, the unit has played a major role in the construction of several important projects, including a tower of the Federation Tower, a complex of two skyscrapers at the Moscow International Business Center in the nation's capital.
Last month, cooperation was further deepened as an engineering construction document co-authored by the SOE and Moscow State University of Civil Engineering was published in a Russian international academic journal.
CGGC signed a 10-billion-yuan contact with Russian industrial giant Gazprom in 2017.
Although six Chinese welders were unable to come to Russia due to COVID-19 restrictions, the project team hired 12 Russian welders and other skilled workers to assemble the machine, with the help of Chinese specialists online.
Similarly, in 2007, its products were sent out to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
It has also provided sports gear to Chinese and Russian national teams during the International Universities' Games between 2009 and 2019.
Meanwhile, Russian carrier Aeroflot canceled its order for 22 Boeing 787 Dreamliners, including 18 of the smaller 787-8s and four 787-9s.
Asked about the Russian investigation, Apple referred Reuters to an April 28 statement in which it said it had recently removed several parental control apps from its App Store because they "put users' privacy and security at risk.
Mark Groysman, general manager of Afi Development, said the closer relationship between China and Russia has brought Chinese construction firms into the Russian market.
Meng said cooperation with Afi Development is a milestone for the Chinese company as it is not only the its first building construction project in Russia, but it also helped lay a solid foundation for CRCC to explore the Russian market.
China Southern Airlines (China Southern) has added more flights from Urumqi, capital of Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, to Russian cities, according to the airline Monday.
The practice of hosting local merchants on AliExpress dates back to popular discount events like Nov 11 and Black Friday last year, where around 170 Russian and Spanish retailers promoted their offerings on the website, Wang Mingqiang, general manager of AliExpress, told China Daily in an earlier interview.
The cranes for the Russian market are developed to withstand low-temperature weather, whilst those for Southeast Asia can adapt to narrow construction areas and local humid environment.
Wang Yilin, CNPC chairman, said the deal is a major milestone in the LNG 2 project, as well as a continuation of the cooperation between CNPC and the Russian company.
"Our main consumers in the US are Asians, in addition to consumers who are of American, European, Russian and the Middle Eastern descent.
Epec launched its global website in English on April 18, 2017, followed by the Russian and Spanish versions going online on March 16, 2018.
Currently, Airbus Helicopters accounts for 37 percent of the civil helicopter market in China, followed by Bell Helicopter Textron Inc. Other major players in the sector include Leonardo SpA, Russian Helicopters JSC and Sikorsky Aircraft Corp.
It was also the first time that a Chinese company was participating in a Russian underground railway project.
The second shield machine "Maria" was specially modified for local temperatures and geography situation, and started to work in Moscow early this year when the temperature was-20 C. Zhang Haijian, the deputy Party head of the CRCC Russian Corp, told China Daily that the "China speed" has impressed the Moscow authorities, and both construction speed and quality were of the highest level at all the 31 metro stations and 71-kilometer rail that were under construction by Russian and other foreign companies.
Platform offers buyers virtual dealership to purchase vehiclesFor Russian customers, Chinese e-commerce site AliExpress is not just a marketplace for daily necessities, but also a virtual dealership.
Last month, Cainiao announced it would join hands with Russian national postal operator to offer same-day delivery of China-made goods in Moscow among other big Russian cities.
Last month, Angel Yeast's Russian production line commenced production, with an investment of 679 million yuan and an annual manufacturing capacity of 20,000 tons of yeast.
China and Russia plan to jointly develop the aero engine for the CR929, a widebody passenger aircraft that is being co-developed by the two countries, but this may require at least 10 years, said a Russian senior executive.
At the moment, both countries have yet to master the related skills and will choose other engine suppliers, according to Rostec Corp, the parent company of United Aircraft Corp in Russia, which is responsible for CR929 project implementation on the Russian side.
Russian specialists earlier made a presentation for Commercial Aircraft Corp of China in Shanghai on the fire protection and crew oxygen supply systems for the new aircraft.
Epec launched its global website on April 18, 2017, and Russian and Spanish versions went online on March 16, 2018.
After being bought by State-owned China National Chemical Corp, or ChemChina, in 2015 together with its historical shareholders Camfin SpA, which invests in automotive and real estate sectors, and Russian investor LTI, Pirelli has widened its access to the promising Chinese market and placed it ahead of other tiremakers in the Asia-Pacific region.
Liaoning Wellhope Agri-Tech Joint Stock Co, a Shenyang-based food and animal feed product manufacturer, will open a feed factory in the Russian Far East in October to enhance its earnings in markets related to the Belt and Road Initiative.
"Lan cited the Brazilian government's industrial product tax policy to restrict the entry of Chinese automotive products, and the Russian government's recycling tax imposed on imported cars－importing a car to Russia involves paying a fee to cover the future cost of recycling it, a form of green tax.
For die-hard gamers - Tan includes himself among that tribe - Razer's logo of triple-headed snake with blazing green light is as sacred as Hermes to fashionistas and premium Russian caviar to foodies.
The company, based in Shandong province, provided equipment to stadiums in eight Russian cities.
The company got in touch with the Russian World Cup Organizing Committee earlier last year, and won the bid against competitors from the United States and the United Kingdom.
In addition to offering reasonable prices, Seenboom owns several patents that allow their vehicle safety inspection and anti-collision system to work in the cold Russian winter.
"The hosting of the FIFA World Cup by Russia was seen as the best opportunity for Chinese security products to enter the Russian market.
Russian consumers pay special attention to the technology of products, especially QLED (quantum dot light-emitting diode) technology," said Wang Cheng, senior vice-president of TCL Corp and CEO of TCL Multimedia.
TCL's sales in the Russian market rose by 30 percent from January to May, due to the World Cup and the endorsement of Brazilian soccer superstar Neymar, which is two times the average growth rate, said Leonid Churikov, marketing communications director of Merlion company, an exclusive distributor of TCL in Russia.
The Russian market is of strategic importance for TCL's overseas expansion, and the company's TV products are included in the top three chain selling channels in Russia, Wang said.
Outdoor advertising campaigns related to Neymar's endorsement of TCL can be seen in more than 200 cities across 14 countries, including Russian cities hosting the World Cup.
After learning about the increasing popularity of fried steaks in Russia, Zhang Jianjie, chairman of Cuori electric appliances group, decided to put their frying and roasting machines into the Russian market.
After being bought by State-owned China National Chemical Corp, or ChemChina, in 2015 together with its historical shareholders Camfin SpA and Russian investor LTI, Pirelli has widened its access to the promising Chinese market and placed it ahead of other tiremakers in the region.
China-made electronic devices and household appliances are becoming popular in Russia due to their high quality and good cost performance, and Chinese smartphones have become a fashion statement among Russian youngsters.
Xiaomi introduced its latest flagship smartphone to Russian consumers at a news conference on June 6 in Moscow.
"So it is also our honor to introduce our new flagship smartphone Mi Mix 2S to our Russian Mi fans first.
Sergey Fomin, director of strategic development at Marvel-Distribution, said the market share of the Chinese brand in the Russian smartphone market reached 30 percent by the end of 2017, and Xiaomi and Huawei were the Chinese firms with the largest sales volumes.
Kirill Sidnov, a Russian Mi fan since 2014, came to the news conference to see the new smartphone.
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What's more, due to the focus on innovation of various functions, Chinese smartphones are even better than US and South Korean phones in respect of new technology development, and have a bright future in the Russian market.
"The way Chinese brands operate in Russia is also important for us," said Yu Man, the director of the Commonwealth of Independent States at Meizu Technology Co Ltd, another Chinese smartphone manufacturer that has accelerated its expansion pace in the Russian market.
Meizu also sponsors football teams in the Russian Premier League.
Besides smartphones, Chinese brand electronic appliances are also being selected by Russian consumers, and many Chinese companies are of interest too.
Xie Xiaoxiang, deputy general manager of Shinco, said the company gained recognition among its Russian clients since 2016.
"2018 is a key year to enter the Russian market, and we hope to enhance our cooperation with Russian partners and explore more sales channels here," Xie told China Daily during the China Brand Exhibition, which was held in Moscow earlier this month.
Huang Long, the sales manager for Midea Group in Russia, said the Belt and Road Initiative created positive energy for bilateral trade, as there are more Russian companies contacting them this year.
"Orders are still flooding in, and our partner factories are busy stuffing the furry toys," she added, referring to the official mascot－a wolf called Zabivaka, which means "the one who scores" in Russian.
Zhang said meeting China's rising gas demand is a challenge, even with domestic gas production increasing continuously and Russian gas pipeline projects going into production in 2019.
Russian container operator eyes China expansion as trade volume surges 30%PJCS TransContainer, Russia's biggest container operator, is about to begin running three trains carrying container cargo per week, starting from the middle of June, between Yiwu in Zhejiang province and Moscow, according to a senior executive from the company.
The projection is based on the stabilized Russian economy, China's growing commodities imports from Russia both in terms of price and volume, as well as the quickly expanding bilateral trade between the two nations that is driven by new trade and investment opportunities.
The subsidiary serves as the Russian company's headquarters in China, and focuses on port transportation.
Russian carrier Aviastar-TU is operating the service for Cainiao.
The Slovakia unit will bring Leyard closer to European, Russian, Middle Eastern and African customers while enabling it to extend high-quality manufacturing into a key region of the world.
Other major players in the sector include Leonardo SpA, Russian Helicopters JSC and Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation.
Kirill Dmitriev, CEO of the Russian Direct Investment Fund [Photo provded to China Daily]Editor's Note: The Communist Party of China has just concluded its 19th National Congress in Beijing.
Kirill Dmitriev is CEO of the Russian Direct Investment Fund, Russia's sovereign wealth fund with reserved capital of $10 billion under management.
The country is a haven for businesses from all over the world, and this openness and willingness to work with diverse nations is something that the RDIF (Russian Direct Investment Fund) and Russia are putting into practice.
[Photo/IC]The Chinese ride-share giant Didi Chuxing is expected to reach the Russian market soon, said Kirill Dmitriev, CEO of the Russian Direct Investment Fund at the Future Investment Plan Forum held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Dmitriev revealed the Russian-Chinese Investment Fund, a private equity fund formed by the Russian Direct Investment Fund and China Investment Corporation, invested in Didi Chuxing as early as November last year, but didn't indicate the amount of investment.
We expect Didi will land in the Russian market soon, " Dmitriev said, according to a report by Sina citing Russian media Sputnik.
The Russian-Chinese Investment Fund was established by the Russian Direct Investment Fund and China Investment Corporation in 2012 and it was aimed to strengthen bilateral economic cooperation between China and Russia and realize profitable returns after risk adjustment.
In May, the company announced it had developed language apps in Uygur, Russian and Mongolian in a move to promote trans-border logistics, and commerce for economies involved in the Belt and Road Initiative.