RF Government invites Chinese companies to build Olympic venues

RF Government invites Chinese companies to participate in the construction of the Winter Olympics in Sochi in 2014 and for the APEC summit to be held in Vladivostok in 2012.

"We are interested in the fact that Chinese companies are actively involved in the construction of Olympic facilities in Sochi and the APEC summit," - said Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Zhukov on Friday at the fifth Russian-Chinese investment forum in Beijing.

China in 2008, took Olympic Games have become one of the most ambitious. Other areas of cooperation Deputy Prime Minister called the timber industry.

According to him, in Transbaikalia and Far East Russia annually harvested up to 23 million cubic meters of wood, but this number is processed only 14%.

"We are extremely interested in the fact that projects of Chinese companies is not limited to a simple timber harvesting," - said Zhukov.

Topic: APEC