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The meeting was attended by Minister of Industry and Trade Anton Alikhanov, regional heads, State Duma committee chairman Vladimir Gutenev, Director General of the Agency for Strategic Initiatives Svetlana Chupsheva, and representatives from development institutions and industrial companies.

In his opening remarks, Alexei Dyumin noted that Russia’s economy and industry were facing numerous challenges and threats which would continue to intensify. Therefore, State Council commissions, including the Commission on Industry, should partner up with the regions in order to work out the most effective development tools and, in collaboration with the Government, incorporate them into national projects and have them implemented in the regions.

“The President has significantly elevated the status of State Council commissions by including their chairs in project committees for developing national projects,” Alexei Dyumin said. “This is a serious resource and a strong expression of trust, which we must uphold.”

In his remarks, Vyacheslav Fedorishchev outlined the main areas of the Commission’s work, including improvement of industrial legislation, and made an emphasis on the Commission’s responsibility for developing and implementing new technological leadership national projects.

Anton Alikhanov noted that creating industrial public-private partnerships to support projects was an important tool developed by the Commission which will help support long-term low-profitability projects which are nonetheless strategically important for the country.

He added that proper amounts of funding for national projects have been identified and suggested teaming up with the State Council Commission on Technological Leadership led by Krasnoyarsk Territory Governor Mikhail Kotyukov in order to develop mechanisms to support enterprises.

President of AvtoVAZ Maxim Sokolov highlighted the importance of creating an environment where investing in local production of vehicles and auto parts in Russia would make more economic sense than importing finished vehicles.

Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Mikhail Ivanov reported about a new national project titled “Production and Automation Equipment.” Rector of Moscow State Technological University STANKIN Vladimir Serebrenny outlined the main activities under the Science and Staff for the Production of Capital Goods and Automation Equipment federal project.