On July 6, on their way back from Naberezhnye Chelny, where a meeting on the development of single-industry towns was held, Interim President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov and First Deputy Chief of Staff of the Russian Government Maxim Akimov visited the Novaya Tura (New Tura) Technopolis in Zelenodolsk region.

Along with more than 300 Russian municipalities Zelenodolsk has been included in a special federal list of single-industry towns and the Novaya Tura investment project is an opportunity to diversify its economy.

In April 2015 it was decided to allocate subsidies to Zelenodolsk through the Fund for the development of single-industry towns. An organized industrial and logistics zone, the Novaya Tura Technopolis, is supposed to be established in Zelenodolsk as a model for its modernization. The main purpose of the project is diversifying the economy and avoiding excessive budgetary and social dependency on township-forming enterprises.

Minnikhanov and Akimov were presented the project of development of the Novaya Tura Technopolis.