.Primorye region wants to develop broader cooperation with China.

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VLADIVOSTOK, Far East, September 28 (Itar-Tass) - The Governor of the
Primorye region, Sergei Darkin, and the governor of the Chinese province
of Jilin agreed to set up a working group to control the implementation of
joint projects in agriculture, the processing industry and tourism, the
press service of the administration of the Primorye territory told
Itar-Tass.
Sergei Darkin believes that inter-regional cooperation with China
holds out good prospects for the Primorye region.
"Agreements reached between the Russian and Chinese heads of state
will give a new impetus to strategic interaction. The Primoyre region has
all the conditions for cooperation. China has successfully implemented
several investment projects in the region in recent years," Darkin went on
to say.
The governor of the Primorye region is accompanying President Medvedev
on his trip to China as a member of an official Russian delegation.
China is one of the leading investors and trade and economic partners
of the Primorye region. Its trade exchanges with China doubled in the
first half of 2010 compared to the same period of 2009. Along with Chinese
imports, export is also growing. China invested about 15 million dollars
in the region's economy is 2009. Eighty Russian-Chinese joint ventures
operate in the region.

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