EEF-2025: the main points

The anniversary, tenth Eastern Economic Forum is being held in Vladivostok from September 3 to 6. The main theme of this year is — “Far East — cooperation for peace and prosperity”.

The forum brought together representatives from more than 70 countries: from China, Japan, Korea, India, the Middle East, Europe, Africa and Latin America. The business program includes over 100 thematic sessions. Already in the first days, the participants summed up the results of the region's development over the decade, outlined plans until 2030 and announced new projects.

The main results of the decade

Over the past ten years, about 20 trillion rubles have been invested in the Far East economy. The volume of investments in fixed assets has quadrupled — from 1 to 3.9 trillion rubles per year. 939 enterprises were built and put into operation, 165.5 thousand jobs were created.

The growth rate of the region exceeded the Russian average: industry grew by 30% (29% in the country), construction by 107% (3.3 times higher than the average), mining by 33% (also 3.3 times higher). Today, 2888 investors are implementing projects in the Far Eastern Federal District, with 5.1 trillion rubles actually invested.

Plans until 2030

The region is focused on large-scale development: attracting 12 trillion rubles in investments in projects with state support, implementing master plans for 25 cities in the Far Eastern Federal District (4.4 trillion rubles), creating 300 thousand new jobs and retaining young specialists. An important step will be the launch of the "Far Eastern Quarter" program, which will comprehensively solve the housing issue.

Public-private partnership

A special role in the development of the Far East is given to cooperation between the state and business. According to VTB Bank Management Board Member Vitaly Sergeychuk, the bank has already attracted more than 1 trillion rubles in PPP projects, including social infrastructure.

Vitaly Sergeychuk, VTB Bank Management Board Member: "The partnership between the state and private capital is progressing successfully: VTB has already attracted more than a trillion rubles in PPP projects. And social infrastructure, from the point of view of the project and the possibility of structuring it and attracting financing, is no different from road or airport infrastructure… This is a new trend, and we see a great demand from the state for the development of such projects..

He also noted that the Far East ranks second in Russia in the construction of university campuses, which opens up new opportunities for the development of science and technology.

New projects

The first major agreements have already been signed at the forum:

In the Amur Region, the Gamma company will build the Amur wholesale distribution center for agricultural products. The investment volume is 5.3 billion rubles.

In Khabarovsk, the Samberi chain will create a distribution center in the Khabarovsk priority development area with an investment of 10 billion rubles. The opening is scheduled for 2027.

Sber reported more than 1,000 requests from Indian companies interested in cooperation with Russia.