Six Russian Regions to Host Special Economic Zones
Russia’s Economy Minister German Gref spoke to reporters on Monday, Nov. 28, and said that six Russian regions have won the right to host special economic zones. The winning bids were selected by a special tender commission.
Nov 29, 2005
Technical innovation areas will be set up in the towns of Zelenograd and Dubna in the Moscow region, in St. Petersburg and in the Siberian city of Tomsk, he was quoted by the Interfax news agency. Central Russia’s Lipetsk region and the Tatarstan Republic won the right to set up industrial production zones.
Gref specified that Zelenograd will host a site for the development of microelectronic production, Dubna will develop nuclear and physics technology, Tomsk will host a research center that will be focused on the development of new materials, while St. Petersburg’s special economic zone will be dedicated to information technologies and analytical instrument engineering.
Lipetsk region will host a joint Russian-Italian project for the production of household appliances, while in Tatarstan car components and hi-tech oil products will be produced.
As MosNews reported earlier, Russian regions submitted more than 30 bids for the creation of special economic zones. However, the overall level of preparation was quite low, and only six projects were created. Earlier it was stated that up to 10 special economic zones would be created.
Summing up the results of the tender, German Gref said that the tender commission was guided purely by economic considerations when selecting the winners. The economy minister also noted that his agency would suggest that the government holds another tender to give the regions a chance to better develop their bids before submitting them for repeated consideration.
Gref specified that Zelenograd will host a site for the development of microelectronic production, Dubna will develop nuclear and physics technology, Tomsk will host a research center that will be focused on the development of new materials, while St. Petersburg’s special economic zone will be dedicated to information technologies and analytical instrument engineering.
Lipetsk region will host a joint Russian-Italian project for the production of household appliances, while in Tatarstan car components and hi-tech oil products will be produced.
As MosNews reported earlier, Russian regions submitted more than 30 bids for the creation of special economic zones. However, the overall level of preparation was quite low, and only six projects were created. Earlier it was stated that up to 10 special economic zones would be created.
Summing up the results of the tender, German Gref said that the tender commission was guided purely by economic considerations when selecting the winners. The economy minister also noted that his agency would suggest that the government holds another tender to give the regions a chance to better develop their bids before submitting them for repeated consideration.