KHARKIV. June 21 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Kharkiv region and Heilongjiang Province of China have signed an agreement on trade, economic, scientific, technical and cultural cooperation in Harbin, the press service of Kharkiv Regional Administration has reported.
First Deputy Head of Kharkiv Regional Administration Yulia Svitlychna who signed the document on behalf of Kharkiv region on June 16 said that it will help to step up cooperation between the two regions.
“This document would give additional opportunities to expand cooperation in industry, agriculture, science and technology, education, healthcare, culture, arts and sports,” she said, speaking to the government of Heilongjiang Province.
“We have agreed to create favorable conditions for developing cooperation of business structures on a parity basis, including attraction, support and protection of investment and organization of new jobs,” she said.
She said that the agreement envisages the necessity of supporting cooperation between companies and representatives of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and organizing and hosting exhibitions.
A delegation of Kharkiv region on June 16 took part in the sixth Harbin International Technical Conference.
Kharkiv presented studies of Kharkiv scientists in aerospace, IT, biomedicine and environmental safety.
