In his speech, Nikolai Zapryagaev described the role of the FEDC as a key development institution, empowered by the Russian Government to attract investment, manage and develop preferential regimes for priority development areas (ASEZs), the Free Port of Vladivostok (FPV), the Arctic Zone of the Russian Federation (AZRF), the SAR, and the KIRF, support investment projects, and implement social programs. He emphasized that the activities of the FEDC together with its subsidiaries operating in the Far Eastern Federal District and the Arctic Zone of the Russian Federation, cover 19 regions of the Far East and the Arctic, which together account for 55% of the country's total area.
The Corporation's head highlighted key performance indicators. Total investment under signed agreements has reached 13 trillion rubles. Approximately 3,900 residents are implementing projects under preferential conditions, and 120,000 residents of the Far East and Northern Russia have already been employed at new and established enterprises, with the Far East and Arctic Development Corporation’s human resources support.
The key goal for attracting investment is to reach 12.3 trillion rubles in accumulated investment in state-supported projects in the Far East by 2030. To date, investors have invested 5.4 trillion rubles in state-supported projects.
The report placed particular emphasis on developing infrastructure for investors as one of the tools for achieving this goal. Nikolai Zapryagaev reported on the systematic work to provide residents with the necessary resources and the creation of a network of investment sites and industrial parks in the regions under the priority development area regime. Eleven sites are already operational in the Primorsky and Khabarovsk Krais, Yakutia, Kamchatka, and Chukotka. At many of these sites, production and administrative buildings have been commissioned, the spaces have been equipped with the necessary infrastructure, and have been transferred to residents on preferential lease terms to quickly launch the production facilities needed in the region.
The “Zapadnaya” site in Primorye, “Kadalinsky” in Transbaikal, “Rovnoye” in Amur Fedgion, “Baikal” in Khabarovsk Region, and “Vydrino” in Buryatia are currently in active development. Three more sites are planned for the Amur, Khabarovsk Regions, and Buryatia.
In his speech, Nikolai Zapryagaev specifically focused on the Corporation's evolving functions as the management company for the International Advanced Development Territories (IADTs). This includes integrated land and infrastructure management, attracting investment projects, and comprehensive administration: reviewing applications, maintaining the resident registry, and monitoring agreement implementation.
The urban-type settlement of Zabaikalsk in the Zabaikalsky Krai, the village of Rovnoye in the Amur Region, the village of Nizhneleninskoye in the Jewish Autonomous Region, Bolshoy Ussuriysky Island in the Khabarovsk Region, and the “Zapadnaya” site of the “Primorye?” ASEZ were cited as examples of promising international sites. IADTs will become a new tool for attracting large-scale joint projects with partners from friendly countries. Their main objective is to develop high-value-added industries and attract major foreign investment into the Far Eastern Federal District's economy. The law provides for expanded guarantees and incentives for investors.
The head of the FEDC identified the development of the functions of the management company for the new Unified Preferential Zone in the Far East and Arctic as one of the key new areas of activity: from assigning resident status and providing projects with land and infrastructure to providing a full range of business services. It is planned that the current regimes in the Far East and Arctic will be combined into a single preferential regime starting January 1, 2027. This will simplify access to benefits for new investment projects in the macroregions and improve the efficiency of state support measures, eliminate the fragmentation of existing regimes, and allow businesses to operate under uniform, clear rules.