Why is it profitable to participate especially in exhibition in Yekaterinburg?
Ural Federal District consists of 4 regions and 2 autonomous districts: Kurgan region – 71.5 thousands square kilometers, Sverdlovsk region – 195 thousands square kilometers, Tumen region – 143.5 thousands square meters, Khanty-Mansi autonomous district – 534,8 thousands square kilometers, Yamalo-Nenets autonomous district – 750 thousands square kilometers, Chelyabinsk region – 87,9 thousands square kilometers. It is the most industrially packed and dynamically developing region of Russian Federation. Macroeconomic situation in the district is predicated by the maintenance of the tendencies for the expansion in all areas of economy and industry. Rates of industrial growth continue to stay at a high level: 9,5% of growth of actual growth of industrial manufacture comparing to 7% in Russia.
Sverdlovsk region is 5th most populated constituent entity of Russian Federation, 4702 thousand(3,2 % of the population of Russia. Territory of the region is 195 thousand square kilometers – 1,2% of the territory of Russia). Density of the population is 24 persons per square kilometer, that is almost three times more then average. The region with 87% of the population living in the cities is on of the most urbanized regions of the country.
Sverdlovsk region is a transport hub of the national value. Through its territory pass railroads, highways and air routs of the national value, including transsiberian railroad. Or region is on of the top regions in Russia by the industrial manufacturing. The level of the industrial concentration here exceeds the average level in Russia fourfold.
Sverdlovsk region also holds one of the top places among the regions with the best investments climate. High investments potential comes from the high diversity if the industrial factories working on the territory of the region, vast amount of natural resources, great production and science-technical potential, highly skilled workers, significant and competitive market with access to many countries of the world. Sverdlovsk region gives away donations to other regions, which proves its high financial potential. Economic growth during the past 6 six years has increased the standards of living: in January of 2005 average monthly salary was 7468 rur, demonstrating 25,3%increase comparing to January of 2004. Actual wage calculated with the consumer price index equals to 10,8%.
On of the priorities of the social politics of the public authorities is the growth of the residential development. In 2004 893,3 thousands square meters. 114,7 % of the index of 2003 (and the prediction was 850 thousands square meters). The rates of residential development increased in 40 municipal units in 2004 compared to 2003.
“The modern geopolitical development strategy includes formation of the integrated Euro-Asian information economic region around the axe Europe-Russia-Asia-Pacific region. After the realization of this project Ural region and especially Yekaterinburg, as its capital will become one of the most important geographically strategic centers of Russia and the whole continent. It will provide the unification of the trans Euroasian marketable, industrial, transport, financial and intellectual currents.
In this connection there is a plan of founding of a large international exhibition infrastructure in the region that would be capable to present and tie together at the same time technological, production, resources and other potentialities of European and Asian companies. Realization of this extremely urgent task demands efforts of all the levels of Russian State authority. The building of Euro-Asian international exhibition complex in Sverdlovsk region will permit to stage universal and specialized exhibitions on All-Russian and international level to benefit of Russian regions and their enterprises” (Conception of development of exhibition activities in Sverdlovsk region).
The city of Yekaterinburg that population reached 1280000 people at the beginning of 1995 year, is the administrative centre of Sverdlovsk region. Yekaterinburg is the fourth scientific Russian centre after Moscow, Saint-Petersburg and Novosibirsk. Ural Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences consists of 22 academic scientific institutions. There are more than 100 scientific, projects, technological, design and other institutions on the territory of Sverdlovsk region. Today this city is evolving from industrial to multifunctional centre with predominance of trade, distributive, financial, administrative, social and innovation functions. On that ground Yekaterinburg got the status of the capital of Ural Federal District found on the May of 2000 (by site of Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of Russian Federation in Ural Federal District www.uralfo.ru). The exhibitions organized in the last 5 years showed that the neighbouring regions recognized the central status of Yekaterinburg. The questioning of visitors confirms a customary interest to Yekaterinburg’s exhibitions, as the most representative with numerous newest goods and technologies. The expenses for the participation at a Yekaterinburg’s exhibition are compensated by the opportunity to cover all the area of Ural Federal District that has the richest natural resources and a big scientific, industrial and investment potential.
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