On the morning of April 17, 2026, CCCME Party Secretary Zhang Yujing met with Artur Nikolayev, First Vice President of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia, and his delegation at the CCCME office. The two sides held in-depth exchanges on promoting sub-national economic and trade cooperation between China and Russia, and on tapping potential in fields such as machinery and electronics, agricultural machinery, deep processing of agricultural products, and investment.