The 5th Russian-Chinese Business Forum is held in difficult times for the entire world. Many countries are to work out comprehensive development strategies at a time when traditional economic trade ties and logistics chain are broken. The global trends for development of the economy are also changing. Perhaps, it is the Eastern Vector that will soon define the entire agenda and help Russia to overcome the sanction movement.

This year the Forum is dedicated to the search of means for actual cooperation between entrepreneurs of two countries. Russian and Chinese speakers and experts will share best practices, provide some information to consider and answer a few practical questions:

• Why mediators are respected so much in the East?
• Finding a partner in China: is help necessary?
• Logistics 2022 or how to deliver a container?
• Rubles, dollars, euros, yuans?
• The East is tricky: is it all about people?

Also, the formats of China’s participation in Russian exhibitions and conventions will be discussed. For many years already, this country has been a reliable partner for such large industrial projects as the St. Petersburg International Gas Forum, the Russian International Energy Forum, the Russian Industrialist International Forum, the AGRORUS International Agro-Industrial Exhibition, the NEVA International Maritime Exhibition and Conference for Commercial Shipping, Shipbuilding, Offshore Energy, Ports, Inland Waterways and Oceanography.

Russian and Chinese businessmen and representatives of companies participate in the event:

• Dmitry Panov, a Chairman of St. Petersburg regional office of the Business Russia All-Russia Public Organization;
• Ekaterina Lebedeva, Vice President of St. Petersburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry;
• Li Jiguang, Director of the Department for Promotion of Investments of the Yangling Agricultural Hi-Tech Industries Demonstration Zone Administrative Committee (Shanxi Province, PRC);
• Li Zhen, CEO of Huaming, a Chinese International Investment Company;
• Zheng Xixiang, CEO of Tozhang, a Zhejiang auto parts company;
• Li Jinshan, a Commercial Director of Dejiali Scientific and Technological Development Co., Ltd;
• Victoria Hu, a Chair of the SCOLAR Network Youth Platform for SCO countries;
• Peng Quishi, a Board member of Sunrise Import and export trade co ltd. 

The Forum is held by the Chinese Business Center Association with the support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, the PRC Consulate General in St. Petersburg and the Government of the city. The St. Petersburg State Economic University and ExpoForum International act as operators.

Straight after the end of the Russian-Chinese Business Forum the specialists will continue their negotiations in the margins of the 25th Saint Petersburg International Economic Forum.

Business dialogue of Russia and China will take place on June 16. Speakers will discuss the steps to improvement of trade and economic cooperation of two countries, the role of central authorities, regional administrations, regions, enterprises and industry associations to accomplish the objectives on reaching the commodity turnover $200 bln. worth by 2024 and other issues.

Kirill Babaev, Director of the Institute of Far Eastern Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IFES of RAS), and Zhou Liqun, President of the Union of Chinese Entrepreneurs in Russia, will moderate the event.