Excerpts from the transcript:

Li Keqiang  (via interpreter): Esteemed Prime Minister Medvedev, I am very pleased to meet you again today. Today we are meeting late because I just flew to Beijing from a region. I rushed right from the air stair to meet you here. I hope we will have a wonderful evening.

Thank you for visiting us, and welcome to our regular annual meeting.

Dmitry Medvedev: My esteemed colleague, Premier of the State Council of China Li Keqiang, I am also very glad about our meeting. Thank you very much for arriving so fast. We will have an opportunity to talk today and I appreciate it very much.

I know you had a very important event today, making it all the more pleasant to end the evening in this way.

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The Prime Minister answered questions via the online edition of the People’s Daily Online (Renminwang).

Dmitry Medvedev’s online news conference with Chinese internet users took place at the headquarters of the People’s Daily Online, part of the People’s Daily Group (Renmin Ribao). The news conference was broadcast on the Rossiya Segodnya International Information Agency website for Russian users.

This format was chosen to mark Dmitry Medvedev’s conference that took place ten years ago at the Rossiya Segodnya headquarters (then RIA Novosti) in Moscow, partnered by the Chinese media holding, Renmin Ribao. 

Dmitry Medvedev lays a wreath at the Monument to the People’s Heroes

31 October 2017

Dmitry Medvedev lays a wreath at the Monument to the People’s Heroes

31 October 2017

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Dmitry Medvedev lays a wreath at the Monument to the People’s Heroes

The Monument to the People’s Heroes is located in the central part of Tiananmen Square. The 38-metre monument was built between 1952-1958 to honour the memory of the heroes who perished in the struggle of the Chinese people in the 19^th and 20^th centuries. The base has eight large bas reliefs carved out of white marble depicting the revolutionary struggle of the Chinese people from the First Opium War of 1840 to the establishment of the People’s Republic of China in 1949.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment annually calculates the permissible amount of production of ozone-depleting substances in Russia and the amount of specific substances contained in the permissible amount of consumption of ozone-depleting substances. This is necessary, among other things, in order to fulfil Russia’s obligations under the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer and the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer.

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The paper was submitted by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment in order to implement Government Resolution No. 228 of 24 March 2014, On State Regulation of Consumption and Circulation of Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (hereinafter referred to as “Resolution No. 228”).

The Montreal Protocol provides for the phased-in reduction of ozone-depleting substances (ODS) beginning in 2004 until the complete phase-out in 2030.

In accordance with Resolution No. 228, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment annually calculates the permissible amount of ODS in Russia and the number of specific ODS in the permissible consumption of ODS in Russia (hereinafter referred to as “annual calculations.”)

According to the procedure governing such annual calculations approved by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, these indicators are determined on the basis of information and proposals received from the Ministry of Industry and Trade, legal entities, sole proprietors engaged in manufacturing or planning to produce ODS in Russia and importing (planning to import) ODS into Russia.

In 2015-2019, the permissible consumption of ODS in Russia amounts to 399.69 tonnes of ozone-depleting potential.

The signed resolution establishes the amounts of production and consumption for each ozone-depleting substance with account taken of the total permissible amount of consumption for 2018.

The decisions taken are necessary for Russia to fulfil its obligations under the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer and the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer.

The 31^st meeting of the Foreign Investment Advisory Council in Russia (FIAC) (hereinafter referred to as the meeting) took place on 16 October 2017 under the chairmanship of Prime Minister and FIAC Chairman Dmitry Medvedev.

The meeting was attended by heads of major world companies and banks.

The Foreign Investment Advisory Council in Russia (hereinafter referred to as the Advisory Council) provides ongoing support to the Russian Government in developing measures to promote good conditions for business activities, attracting investment and encouraging exports.

Advisory Council members took an active part in drafting proposals aimed at upgrading the legislative foundation and law enforcement norms on doing business.

In 2018 the Advisory Council will focus on the following priority areas.

Localising production in Russia

Drafting proposals to use the infrastructure for supporting small and medium-sized business to integrate Russian suppliers into global added value chains.

 Improving tax administration

Preserving tax benefits for movable property.

Improving customs procedures

Drafting proposals to improve implementation of customs procedures on customs territory to encourage exports.

Drafting proposals to streamline the work of authorised economic operators.

Removing administrative barriers and improving tax regulation

Bolstering the activities of the Advisory Council members in assessing the effectiveness of legislative acts that concern interests of entrepreneurs and other economic entities with due account of the risks revealed during the assessment of regulatory impact.

Drafting proposals to upgrade the regulatory base in dealing with production and consumption waste, including harmonising conditions for regulated entities and establishing balanced increase in the recycling rate.

Developing trade and the consumer market

Drafting proposals to streamline the introduction of online veterinary certification of monitored products.

Drafting proposals to upgrade state veterinary supervision of processed and packed products of animal origin that were subjected to thermal or other industrial treatment.

Drafting proposals to promote healthy lifestyle and balanced diet and ways of countering non-infectious diseases.

Drafting proposals on elaborating and adopting phytosanitary legislative acts.

Raising energy efficiency

Drafting proposals to improve the mechanisms of implementing investment projects on upgrading generating equipment.

Developing healthcare and the pharmaceutical industry

Drafting proposals to improve the legislative framework regarding the circulation of pharmaceuticals and medical devices, increase the efficiency of benefits to encourage the localisation of medicines, including innovative products, protect intellectual property rights, and foster cooperation in science.

Making better use of natural resources

Drafting proposals to improve the procedure of export of geological information.

Drafting proposals to improve legislation on providing government services to foreign companies and their accredited affiliates.

Developing the banking sector and financial markets

Drafting proposals to improve criteria for selecting banking institutions in which it is possible to place funds of the Government, state corporations and strategic companies and which can issue bank guarantees in behalf of the Government.

Promoting innovative development

Drafting proposals to improve innovation policy, including streamlining the requirements on the localisation of software and electronic components, and cooperation with educational institutions in training highly qualified personnel and ensuring the sustainable development of industry and energy sector.

In 2018 the Advisory Council will concentrate on implementing these priority tasks in order to reach the main goal of improving Russia’s investment climate.

In addition, the Advisory Council plans to develop such areas of activity as developing the Far East and Siberia and improving Russia’s investment image.

Advisory Council members will further use their expertise to help the Russian Government to implement the tasks of strengthening the national economy.

The next, 32^nd meeting of the Advisory Council is scheduled for the third Monday of October 2018.