Opening of the 25th St. Petersburg International Economic Forum

Xinhua News Agency, St. Petersburg, June 15th (Reporter Geng Pengyu) The 25th St. Petersburg International Economic Forum opened on the 15th in St. Petersburg, Russia. Politics and businessmen from more than 90 countries and regions will discuss the real problems and solutions facing the world economy.

The forum is hosted by the Russian Convention and Exhibition Foundation, and this year's theme is "New World · New Opportunity". According to the forum agenda, the forum is mainly divided into 4 themes, involving issues such as global and Russian economy, digitalization and information security, and human resources development. The forum will pay special attention to the new challenges facing Russia under the current situation, and is committed to finding the way Russia responded to Western sanctions and improved its long -term economic development potential.

The forum will organize topics such as "Russian SMEs", "Shanghai Cooperation Organization, BRICS, Eurasian Economic Alliance, and ASEAN" and other topics to organize special seminars. The forum will also organize more than 130 sub -forums and expert groups in more than 130 sectors and other fields of creative industries and drug safety.

This forum will last until the 18th. Russian President Putin will attend the plenary meeting and speak on the 17th.

Started St. Petersburg International Economic Forum was held in 1997, and it has now become one of Russia's most important international large -scale economic forums.

[Editor in charge: Qiu Lifang]

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