Exports, one of the areas of economic cooperation between Russia and China, will be discussed at the regional level during the 2nd Russia-China Forum, to be held in Khabarovsk on September 4-6. The Russian Export Center, the Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Khabarovsk Territory government will hold a meeting on export development as part of the forum.
The agenda will include implementation of the national project titled “International Cooperation and Export.” The Roscongress Foundation will serve as the event operator.
21 regions to share export experience
Representatives from 21 regions in the Far Eastern and Siberian federal districts will attend the meeting, where exporters and public officials will assess regional practices and experience. Representatives of federal ministries and agencies, staff from the offices of the presidential plenipotentiary representatives, regional administrations, business-support organizations and business associations will also take part.
Alexander Molodtsov, deputy head of the Russian Export Center, said non-resource, non-energy exports had reached 57.3% in the Siberian Federal District and 29.5% in the Far Eastern Federal District by the end of 2025. Molodtsov said the meeting aims to combine regional resources with federal expertise to increase export volumes and expand Russian producers’ access to foreign markets.
The meeting will also address challenges in export processes. Its aims include strengthening regional strategies, developing practical solutions, facilitating exporters’ access to support mechanisms and helping them enter new markets.
National project sets 2030 target
Roman Chekushov, deputy minister of industry and trade of Russia, said export growth was among the priorities of state policy. The national project sets a goal of increasing exports of non-resource, non-energy products by at least two-thirds by 2030 compared with 2023.
According to figures announced by Chekushov, the Siberian Federal District accounted for about 11% of total non-resource, non-energy exports in 2025, equivalent to $19.28 billion. The Far Eastern Federal District accounted for 5%, or $7.98 billion.
In the first five months of 2026, non-resource, non-energy exports increased by 33.2% in Altai Territory, 5.7% in Irkutsk Region, 25.6% in Kamchatka Territory, 14.2% in Omsk Region, 28.1% in Primorsky Territory and 34.5% in Sakhalin Region.
Regional Export Standard 3.0 is being implemented
At the forum meeting, administrations from the Far Eastern and Siberian federal districts will present the results of implementing Regional Export Standard 3.0, developed to improve regional export activities. The standard brings together 15 tools to support exporting companies and develop export activities.
Exports from Khabarovsk Territory increased 2.1-fold in 2025, and the region recorded a further 50% increase in the first quarter of 2026. Maria Avilova, deputy head of the Khabarovsk Territory government in charge of economic affairs, said the regional economy was turning toward foreign markets and that the territory aimed to meet national targets for increasing non-resource, non-energy exports.
Avilova said the meeting would examine regional export opportunities and identify the most effective tools under the Regional Export Standard. She said they aimed to develop joint solutions to facilitate Russian exporters’ access to international markets, adding that Russia-China Forum events would enable participants to study successful practices in the Chinese market and adapt them to companies’ projects.
More than 40 platforms to be established at forum
Russian and Chinese entrepreneurs will hold business-to-business meetings as part of the forum. Industrial cooperation, transport corridors, export supplies, and joint projects in energy, science, education and the creative industries are among the event’s topics.
More than 40 thematic platforms will be established, featuring business and cultural events devoted to different areas of cooperation between Russia and China. More than 3,000 representatives from the business communities, public institutions and creative industries of the two countries are expected to attend the forum.
The Khabarovsk Territory government is organizing the forum. The event is supported by the office of the presidential plenipotentiary representative in the Far Eastern Federal District, the Russian Ministry for the Development of the Far East and the Arctic, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Economic Development, the Ministry of Industry and Trade, the Far East and Arctic Development Corporation and the Russian Export Center.
The forum’s general partners were announced as A7, Elga Port and Polyus public joint-stock company.
Russian Export Center provides support
The Russian Export Center, a state institution that supports non-resource, non-energy exports, provides companies with financial and non-financial support at various stages of entering international markets.
The online services of the Russian Export Center Group are provided through the state digital platform “My Export.” The group includes the Russian Export Credit and Investment Insurance Agency, Roseximbank and the Russian Export Center Export School.
