On 23 May on the eve of the fest dedicated to the Chemists Day  and 30th anniversary of the SIBUR Company, the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov visited the Niznekamskneftekhim (which is a part of the SIBUR Company) where he got acquainted with the progress of modernization of the enterprise.

On 22 May the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnihanov took part in a ceremony of opening the public cultural center Mellya in the Settlement of Malbagush of Aznakaevo region of the republic.

The center provides rural residents services which are of no less quality than those in the city. The facility has high end equipment of its multi-functional room with multimedia devices, a cozy library with a co-working zone and a comfortable administrative space. It has a comfortable environment for work and leisure of people of all ages.  

On 22 May the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnihanov visited Almetyevsk Tatar State Drama Theatre which was established in 1944. Today it is one of the most successful and well-known team of the republic performing plays by classics of Tatar and Russian literatures as well as works of modern authors. For all the years of its work the theatre staged more than 400 plays. 

On 21 May the Deputy Premier of the State Council of the People's Republic of China Zhang Guoqing, who is the Chairman of the Chinese part of the Yangtze-Volga Cooperation Council, accompanied by Russian Presidential Envoy in the Volga region Igor Komarov, the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov and the Deputy Chairman of the Russian Government Marat Khusnullin laid flowers to the eternal Flame in the Victory Park in Kazan.

On 21 May the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov, the Deputy Premier of the State Council of the People's Republic of China Zhang Guoqing, the Deputy Chairman of the Russian Government Marat Khusnullin, the Russian Presidential Envoy in the Volga region Igor Komarov and other participants of a meeting of the Interregional Yangtze-Volga Cooperation Council, visited the Rameev IT Park in Kazan. 

On 21 May in his welcoming speech to the participants of a meeting of the Interregional Yangtze-Volga Cooperation Council held by the Russian Presidential Envoy in the Volga region Igor Komarov and the Deputy Premier of the State Council of the People's Republic of China Zhang Guoqing  with participation of the Deputy Chairman of the Russian Government Marat Khusnullin at the Kazan City Hall,  the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov stated that for more than its ten year history such format has proved itself to be one of the most efficient mechanisms for the interregional interaction of Russia and China.

On 21 May the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov took part in a narrow format meeting of heads of delegations to the events of the V meeting of the Interregional Yangtze-Volga Cooperation Council held in the Kazan City Hall.

Opening the meeting, the Russian Presidential Envoy in the Volga region Igor Komarov cordially welcomed the Deputy Premier of the State Council of the People's Republic of China Zhang Guoqing, who is the Chairman of the Chinese part of the Yangtze-Volga Cooperation Council and other members of delegations.

On 21 May in his address to residents and guests of the republic dedicated to the Day of the Official Adoption of Islam by the Volga Bulgaria, the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov congratulated everyone with this event, “which is a landmark in history of Tatarstan and the Muslim Ummah of out multinational state. “

On 20 May upon his arrival to the Kazan International Airport, the Deputy Premier of the State Council of the People's Republic of China Zhang Guoqing was welcomed by the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov and the Russian Presidential Envoy in the Volga region Igor Komarov.

Tomorrow on 21 May the Deputy Premier of the State Council of China Zhang Guoqing will take part in the fifth meeting of the Interregional Yangtze-Volga Cooperation Council.

On 20 May at their meeting in Naberezhnyye Chelny the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov and the Governor of Ulyanovsk region Aleksey Russkikh, who came to the republic to take part in a meeting of the Interregional Yangtze-Volga Cooperation Council in Kazan, discussed issues of interregional cooperation including joint work in industrial interaction between machine-building plants of the republic and the region.