OREANDA-NEWS  The second Russian-Chinese Investment Development and Trade Cooperation Forum officially opened on Friday in Shenyang, northeast China's Liaoning Province, RIA Novosti correspondent reports.

The forum is held from October 24 to 26, its theme this year is "Interaction, mutual trust, mutual benefit". Investments, trade, and finance have become key areas of discussion.

Zhang Lilin, Deputy Governor of the People's Government of Liaoning Province, said at the opening ceremony of the forum that representatives of 19 Russian regional governments, ten trade associations and 108 enterprises - a total of more than 230 people - came to participate in the forum. In addition, according to Zhang Lilin, companies from Beijing, Hebei, Jilin, Heilongjiang, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, Shandong, Guangzhong, Shaanxi, as well as from the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region are taking part in the forum from the Chinese side - more than 2 thousand people in total.

During the forum, participants will discuss cooperation in such fields as mechanical engineering, electronics, petrochemicals, energy, agriculture, transport, equipment, IT, pharmaceuticals, food, as well as investments, finance, banking services, trade, e-commerce, logistics, supply chain management, tourism and many others.
The event is organized by the Liaoning Provincial Government. The Liaoning Province Commerce Department, the Department of Foreign Affairs of the Liaoning Provincial Government, the Union of Chinese Entrepreneurs in Russia, the Moscow Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MTCI), the Russian-Asian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RASP) and others acted as co-organizers.