Foreign companies will be able to interact with domestic small and medium-sized businesses through a dedicated B2B online site. It was piloted by the SME Corporation and the Roscongress Foundation under the Russian-Chinese Expo in Harbin.

As a result of this work, foreign business will be made available on-line tools, which only the small and medium-sized Russian business could have used.

" Today, the digital transformation and development of artificial intelligence technologies are given great attention as drivers of the accelerated growth of the country ' s economy, as noted in the May Presidential Decree on National Development Goals of the Russian Federation for the period up to 2030 and for the future until 2036. Cooperation between the Roscongress Foundation and the SME Corporation is an excellent example of symbiosis, which brings together expertise and resources to promote small and medium-sized entrepreneurship, create an enabling economic environment and stimulate innovation, and implement the strategic decisions initiated by development institutions, noted by the Adviser to the President of the Russian Federation, the responsible Secretary of the IPTF Anton Kobayakov Organizational Committee.

Through the personal office of the Roscongress Foundation, foreign companies will be able to perform several tasks immediately. For example, they will have access to information on more than 55,000 verified production facilities and their products and will be able to add information on themselves. The online site will be able to accommodate its needs for different products or to find new clients among online players, present its project to potential investors. Here, business will have access to up-to-date information on promising investment projects across countries and industries.

" The Russian SMEs have grown not only until they interact with large businesses within the country but are already foreign suppliers. Only with the support of the Corporation, over 50 long-term contracts have been concluded by SMEs in 1.5 years. At the same time, our small and medium-sized business not only forms part of the production chains of foreign companies, but also goes to the markets of other countries, and the Director-General of the SME Corporation, Alexander Isaevich, noted. - Today, the SME Corporation is accumulating business requests from 12 countries. The launch of a joint site with the Roscongress Foundation will increase their number and facilitate the search for Russian SMEs for foreign companies. "

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Entrepreneurs in the region are supported through the national project " Small and Medium Enterprise and support for the individual business initiative " initiated by the President of Russia.