The event was held ahead of the Innoprom 2021 International Industrial Trade Fair.
Mikhail Mishustin’s meeting with Russian and international business leaders
Mikhail Mishustin’s meeting with Russian and international business leaders
Mikhail Mishustin’s meeting with Russian and international business leaders
Mikhail Mishustin’s meeting with Russian and international business leaders
Mikhail Mishustin’s meeting with Russian and international business leaders
Mikhail Mishustin’s meeting with Russian and international business leaders
Mikhail Mishustin’s meeting with Russian and international business leaders
Good evening, friends. I am delighted to be welcoming all
of you here, including our foreign colleagues who have managed to come despite
the problems and restrictions due to the coronavirus infection.
We are meeting ahead of the Innoprom International
Industrial Trade Fair. It will open tomorrow. This year we are holding it together with our
Italian partners, who are attending this meeting. This is proof that over the
past few years Innoprom has become a respected international platform, a place
where major producers and leaders in their sphere meet to discuss industrial
development scenarios.
Regrettably, we had to cancel the event last year due
to the pandemic. Overall, the spread of the coronavirus created macroeconomic
stability risks and unbalanced the industrial sector and global trade. On the
other hand, it boosted digitalisation and catalysed a great many changes that
were overdue in the industry. We are observing changes in the technological
paradigm virtually before our very eyes.
Some sectors of the economy, namely retail trade,
services and banking, have already made use of the new possibilities. Companies
that have introduced new technologies now have a major competitive advantage on
the market. They have already passed over to the next stage.
Digitalisation is gaining momentum throughout the
world. Hardware and software are being created for digitalising production, introducing
industrial robots and creating e-cars and e-buses. This is a sweeping global
trend. The majority of the national economies are in the process of this
technological upgrade. I would like to point out that in these new conditions
it is especially important to build up the Russian industry in close
collaboration with foreign countries, with our foreign partners based on the
principles of mutually beneficial cooperation.
Our economy remains open to our European colleagues. We will continue improving the mechanisms of investment
and technological partnership. Some of them have already been created for
companies that apply innovative approaches. The so-called SPIC 2.0 stipulates the introduction
of the most promising technologies on the global market. There are over 600 of
them, and the list is being extended all the time. We will promote competencies
in all of these spheres together with our international partners, making use of
SPICs’ advantages, such as tax benefits, access to sectoral and regional
subsidies, and participation in public procurement.
Today I would like to speak with you about the
subjects that need our immediate attention, because digitalisation is changing
all spheres, from science and complicated industries to everyday life.
These changes are creating new challenges for all
economies throughout the world. New competencies are required on the labour
market, and industrial facilities have already come against a shortage of
skilled workers.
Another major topic that must not be ignored is the
climate agenda. As of now, over 60 countries have approved low-carbon
development strategies. The reduction of emissions is a major incentive for
overhauling the economy as a whole and promoting new technology in industry,
energy and the transport sector. This calls for the cross-cutting
transformation of the economy as a whole.
I would like to know your position on these issues, which
we are facing in the Russian Federation and in other countries as well.
Business has always been the first to feel any
changes.
More to be pasted soon…
