Published on: 2026-06-03
Source: People’s Republic of China in Russian –
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Saint Petersburg, June 3 /Sinchua/ — The 29th St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF), the key economic event in Russia, began work on Wednesday at the Expoforum Congress and Exhibition Centre in Saint Petersburg.
According to the message on the official SPIEF website, the main theme this year is “Pragmatic Dialogue—the Path to a Stable Future.” The forum program is dedicated to forming a new model of global development in the context of the transformation of the global economy. The organizer of SPIEF was the Roscongress Foundation, and the guest country of the forum was Saudi Arabia.
According to the aide to the President of the Russian Federation Yuri Ushakov, participants of the SPIEF this year will number about 20 thousand people, including government officials and politicians, vice-presidents, deputy prime ministers, ministers of the economic bloc from more than 100 countries.
Within the framework of the SPIEF, in addition to the main business program, business forums of the SCO and BRICS, the regional consultative forum “Business Twenty” /B20/, forum of small and medium enterprises, forum of creative industries, the forum “Drug Safety”, youth forum “Day of the Future” were organized, said Yu. Ushakov.
More than 300 business events will take place at the forum, including panel discussions, thematic round tables, business breakfasts, assistant to the president reported. The cultural program will include the festival “Petersburg Seasons,” as well as the traditional PMEF Sports Games.
“In addition to leaders and high-level representatives of various countries, the forum will also include heads of a number of regional and international organizations. These are ATEs, CIS, CSTO, OPEC, UNCTAD, the Gas Exporting Countries Forum, the Eurasian Economic Commission, the Union State, the Eurasian Development Bank, the Eurasian Stabilization and Development Fund, the New Development Bank BRICS, the International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea,” said Yu. Ushakov.
According to him, for the first time in several years, an official American delegation will arrive at the forum, headed by the Chairman of the U.S. Administration Commission on Fine Arts, Rodni Kukom.
President of Russia Vladimir Putin will traditionally speak at the plenary session of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) with a major speech and answer questions from participants on June 5, R. Ushakov reported.
The St. Petersburg International Economic Forum takes place from June 3 to 6. It has been held since 1997. –0–
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