“Expert” for October 9 – Friday issue of the newspaper “Respublika” in an updated format

Gomel is the second largest city in Belarus, with a population of almost half a million people. Its enterprises supply products to more than fifty countries, gradually expanding the geography of exports, introducing robotic technologies and implementing a number of innovative projects. On the dynamics of these processes, their impact on the local economy and the prospects for the development of the city - a conversation "Expert" with the Chairman of the Gomel City Executive Committee Ruslan Parkhamovich.

♦ Today, digital technologies have become the main engine of sustainable development of the economy, science and everyday life. They permeate all areas of human activity, changing the usual approaches to work, study and management. And this is no longer a fashionable trend, but a fundamental basis for the development of the state. Thanks to them, life and business processes, as well as the system of public administration, are radically transformed. And most importantly, there are new opportunities for economic growth and social well-being of citizens. A good example is the Smart City platform. How it works and, most importantly, what effect will the state, business and citizens get from its implementation - in the Expert review.

Economic cooperation between Belarus and the People’s Republic of China has deep roots. Our diplomatic relations are more than three decades old, cultural, trade and economic cooperation is developing. Successful cooperation is facilitated by mutual visits of the leaders of our countries, the signing of documents such as the Agreement on Trade in Services and Investments. Active development is carried out within the framework of the initiative “One Belt, One Road”. The result of this comprehensive all-weather cooperation is economic performance. So, by the end of 2025, according to the Ministry of Commerce of China, the trade turnover between our countries amounted to $ 8.9 billion with a growth rate of 5.5 percent. At the same time, the share of supply of high-tech products and high-quality food products is growing. On further cooperation between the two countries, points of growth, useful experience for Belarus - a conversation of "Expert" with the head of the social and consumer services sector of the department of economics of the service sector of the Institute of Economics of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus Elena Milashevich.

ALSO IN THE ROOM:

⇒ A large infographic tells about the second international exhibition INNOPROM. In the charts, figures and facts - about record attendance, new participating countries and profitable contracts.

⇒ The success story of the head of the farm "Bugagroinvest" Yuri Fedkovich: how a former officer came to agriculture, why one had to uproot the first plantings and what qualities he values in people above professionalism.