Preparations for the WEF are in an active phase

Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation – Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Russian Federation in the Far Eastern Federal District, Chairman of the WEF Organizing Committee Yuri Trutnev held a meeting on preparations for the tenth Eastern Economic Forum, which will be held on September 3-6 in Vladivostok.

"We are continuing preparations for the anniversary Eastern Economic Forum. The WEF gives an impetus to the development of the Far East, and new investment projects are coming to the Far Eastern regions. It was from the Far East that the territories of advanced development, the "Hectare" program, preferential mortgages and master plans for urban development began. Residents of the Far East are feeling the changes. New enterprises, airports are being built, and jobs are being created. Obviously, there is still a lot to be done. As we continue to work on fulfilling the President's instructions, we must clearly realize that the Far East plays a special role today. It is becoming a transit territory for the markets of Russia and the countries of the Asia-Pacific region," Trutnev opened the meeting.

It is expected that about six thousand people will take part in the Forum. Already, the geography of participants covers 36 countries and territories.

Earlier, the architecture of the WEF-2025 program was published. The main topic of the forum: "The Far East – cooperation for peace and prosperity." The forum's business events are divided into thematic blocks: "The Far East is a territory for life and development", "Recipes for growth: investment, innovation, integration", "Openness and mutually beneficial partnership are the foundation of stability", "Technology: from theory to economic effects", "Cities are for people's lives" and "Arteries Growth: how logistics is changing the economy." It was also decided to allocate an additional track "In partnership between business and government: a major reassembly." To date, the business program includes more than 90 sessions.

"The holding of the tenth anniversary Eastern Economic Forum allows us to summarize the interim results of the development of the Far East. A rich business program will be aimed at capturing current results and will identify promising areas for the economy of the future in the macroregion. Within the framework of the event, it is planned to hold a Forum of Creative Industries, the international forum "Falcon Day", the youth forum "Day of the Future", the APEC International conference in higher education, as well as a conference of the Russian Historical Society. The forum's program will include business dialogues with entrepreneurs from China, India, Thailand, Myanmar, and ASEAN countries, and applications for them continue to arrive. This indicates the high interest of our partners in an equal and mutually beneficial dialogue that Russia is ready to offer to the world community," said Anton Kobyakov, Adviser to the President of the Russian Federation and Executive Secretary of the WEF Organizing Committee.

Oleg Kozhemyako, the head of the region, spoke about the preparations of Primorsky Krai and Vladivostok for the tenth Eastern Economic Forum. According to him, more than two hundred events are planned as part of the roadmap for preparing the infrastructure of the region and the city of Vladivostok for the WEF. Headquarters are operating to ensure public order, safety of citizens and electricity supply. 455 volunteers have been trained.

Boris Korobets, Rector of the University, reported on the preparation of the campus and territory of the Far Eastern Federal University for the forum. For the fourth year in a row, a lecture hall for students and youth of Primorye will be held during the WEF with the support of the Roscongress Foundation and the Russian Society Znanie. This year, one of the main topics of the lecture will be "Motherland: History, Traditions, Unity", dedicated to the 80th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War and World War II. 350 students will take part in the lecture in person, and another 8.5 million people will join the event online.

In addition, an exhibition of federal government agencies "Welcome to the Far East!" will be held on the sidelines of the forum in the FEFU main building. Seven departments are planning to present exhibition stands: the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Russia, the Ministry of Transport of Russia, the Prosecutor General's Office of Russia, Rospotrebnadzor, the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia, Rosnedra, and the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia.

The exhibition "Street of the Far East" will traditionally be held. All eleven Far Eastern regions will present their pavilions, as well as two pavilions of the Ministry of Sports of Russia (Delovoy and the TRP Arena), the pavilion of the KRDV "Developing the Far East", the pavilion of the Ministry of Natural Resources of Russia "House of the Falcon" and the pavilion of JSC "Corporation Tourism.RF".

"Thanks to the implementation of new investment projects, we have achieved higher economic growth in the Far East than in other territories of the Russian Federation. I think this is extremely important. Our task is to do everything possible to ensure that the Eastern Economic Forum, where the results of our ten–year work will be summed up this year, is held at a decent level," Trutnev summed up the meeting.