VLADIVOSTOK, September 3. /TASS/. Business residents of the South Yakutia advanced-development territory created more than 9,400 jobs, and invested more than 109 billion rubles ($1.2 billion), Director of the Yakutia Corporation for Development of the Far East Dmitry Borisov told TASS.
Preferential regimes in the Far East and the Arctic are on agenda of the Eastern Economic Forum (EEF) in Vladivostok. In 2013, President Vladimir Putin declared the Far East's development a national priority.
"The total investments under 19 agreements are 121 billion rubles ($1.34 billion)," the corporation's director said. "In the second quarter of 2024, South Yakutia's business residents invested 109.1 billion rubles. The companies plan to create 9,956 jobs, where 9,442 jobs have been created."
The South Yakutia advanced-development territory was established in December 2016. A major mining industrial center is in Yakutia's Neryungri District, one of the most industrially developed locations in Yakutia and the Far East. Neryungri is Yakutia's second largest city, where more than 59,000 people live.
The Eastern Economic Forum (EEF) runs on the campus of the Far Eastern Federal University in Vladivostok on September 3-6, 2024. The main theme in 2024 is "Far East 2030. Combining strengths to create new potential."
EEF 2024 business activities are broken down into seven thematic blocks: "New contours of international cooperation," "Technologies to ensure independence," "Financial system of values," "the Russian Far East," "People, education and patriotism," "Transport and logistics: new routes," and "Master plans: from architecture to economy." The event's organizer is the Roscongress Foundation. TASS is the general information partner.