The 8^th China-Russia Expo was held from May 16 to 21 in Harbin, Heilongjiang. The China-Russia Expo was jointly hosted by China’s Ministry of Commerce and the Heilongjiang Provincial Government, Russia’s Ministry of Economic Development, and its Ministry of Industry and Trade. The China-Russia Expo, with a theme of “cooperation, mutual trust, and opportunities”, covers a total exhibition area of 388,000 m².

On May 17, Vice President Han Zheng and Russian President Vladimir Putin attended the opening ceremony of the China-Russia Expo in Harbin. Han also read out President Xi Jinping’s congratulatory letter to the expo and made a speech at the opening ceremony. This year marks the 75^th anniversary of China-Russia diplomatic relations, Han said, noting that China and Russia have deepened political mutual trust and achieved fruitful economic and trade cooperation. In 2023, the trade volume between China and Russia reached a record $240.1 billion, and China has been Russia's largest trading partner for 14 consecutive years. The theme of this Expo is “cooperation, mutual trust, and opportunities”. In his speech, Putin said he had a fruitful meeting with President Xi in Beijing and reached important consensus for the development of bilateral relations and the expansion of practical cooperation.

During the China-Russia Expo, TAHOTA was invited to participate in the China-Russia Economic and Trade Legal Service Presentation and Business Cooperation Matchmaking Conference organized by Heilongjiang Lawyers Association in Harbin. Mr. Zhang Chunguang, Lawyer Sui Haitao and Lawyer Li Jiajia from TAHOTA Harbin Office (in preparation), and Lawyer Gao Baoyu and Lawyer Li Xiyu from TAHOTA Chongqing Office, attended the Conference, intensively exchanged with the enterprises, peers and scholars participating in the Conference, and shared with each other legal risks and solutions for trade and investment in Russia. 

TAHOTA, as a comprehensive large-scale law firm deeply rooted in foreign-related legal services, to respond our national “Belt and Road Initiative”, actively participated in the relevant events of this China-Russia Expo and set up a foreign-related legal service booth to provide free legal services for the enterprises present here. 

Mr. Zhang, the principal of an enterprise engaged in export of agricultural machinery products to Russia from Harbin, shared the current trade situation of his enterprise in Russia with our lawyer, and consulted some legal issues on foreign trade, and our lawyer gave him enthusiastic and meticulous replies.

In the future, TAHOTA Harbin Office will, based on the three provinces in Northeast China, provide specialized and high-level foreign-related legal services for the enterprises in Russia and Northeast Asia with its professional legal knowledge and rich practical experiences and assist the three provinces in Northeast China to contribute more wisdom and strength for the high-quality development and high-level opening up to the outside world.