Russia becomes a conductor of Chinese investment in Europe

On October 17, the Russia-China-Europe: Plans and Strategy for 2020 conference was held at the Hilton Moscow Leningradskaya. The conference was devoted to pressing issues of investment: how to maintain and increase capital, which financial instruments are the most trendy in 2019-2020 and what new approaches to improve and increase the company's profitability exist.



The President of the RAUIE, Vitaliy Mankevich, made a welcoming speech: “Now the success and prospects of partnership between Russia, Europe and China are obvious, especially within the framework of the "One Belt - One Road" initiative, as well as the development of partnerships in the Greater Eurasia. Many European and Asian states are already participating in both formats. Now the trend of involving European countries in Russian-Chinese projects is growing. Russia connects China and Europe, is the most important transit partner, and has a lot to offer both western and eastern partners, ” noted Vitaly Mankevich.



The Plenipotentiary Minister for Trade and Economic Affairs of the Embassy of Greece in Moscow Athanasios Karapetsas spoke about the way out of the crisis and promising areas of investment. He noted the largest investment projects developing the Greek economy: first of all, the development of seaports, the energy sector, as well as tourism, real estate and the agro-industrial sector.



Iraklis Zavos, General Representative of QualityGroup, spoke about the advantages of investing in real estate in the EU countries: “The main advantage of investing in Cyprus real estate is obtaining EU citizenship. It’s comfortable to live and work in Europe, so real estate investments guarantee you a European standard of living, ”noted Iraklis Zavos. QualityGroup also presented a presentation film about the benefits of Cypriot real estate. Quality Group’s managing partner, Yannis Theodoru, said: “We did not come here to look for a source of investment — we came to find partners for joint cooperation and make useful contacts.”



Analytical reports were made by Maxim Khudalov, director of the sustainable development group of the ACRA rating agency, Yuri Lekarev, senior vice president of Otkritie Bank, Roman Serpeninov, vice president of Loko Bank, Alexey Kornilov, international markets analyst at Otkritie Broker. The speakers highlighted the key trends in Russian-European and Russian-Asian business cooperation, and also reviewed key areas for investment in 2020.



The event resulted in the signing of a memorandum of the RAUIE and QualityGroup on long-term cooperation in the field of construction, real estate and investment. The President of the RAUIE, Vitaliy Mankevich, presented Yannis Theodor with a certificate of membership in the RAUIE. Thus, Europe now has direct access to the Chinese market and will develop cooperation with China.