TOMSK, Apr 22 – RIA Tomsk. The investments of Chinese business into Asinovsky timber industry park are now over 20 billion rubles, and the total amount of investments into Tomsk timber processing complex are estimated at 100 billion rubles, the governor Sergey Zhvachkin has reported, submitting the annual report on work of the regional authorities.
On Friday Zhvachkin has reported to deputies of the regional duma and the public on results of work of administration of the Tomsk region in the past year, and also on plans for 2016.Earlier it was reported that in the Tomsk region the timber industry cluster is created with participation of the Chinese partners. It will consist of two timber processing complexes – one of them is already created in Asinovsky district, the memorandum of construction of the second – Beloyarsk – is signed at the beginning of May, 2015 in the presence of heads of the Russian Federation and the People's Republic of China. The Chinese investors – the companies Xinjiang Zhongtai Group, Xinjiang Fulida Fib.
"Last year together with the Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich we have opened the first of 10 plants of the Asinovsky timber industry park, largest in the country. Veneer production capacity of 100 thousand cubic meters of products per year successfully works. On the platform employs more than 2 thousand Russian experts and workers. Our Chinese partners already invested 20 billion rubles in the project", - the governor has reported.
He has also noted that with the Chinese investors is handled the issue of creation of Beloyarsk timber processing complex which basis have to be ecologically safe production of not bleached cellulose with design capacity of 0,5 million cubic meters a year and plant of sawmilling. The production itself and the accompanying work on logging will allow to create more than four thousand jobs.
"We estimate the total amount of investments into Tomsk timber processing complex at 100 billion rubles. We already create workplaces in our taiga settlements where people didn't see them the last 20-25 years", – the governor has emphasized.