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The country’s technological sovereignty was discussed at the RUSSIA EXPO

The country’s technological sovereignty was discussed at the RUSSIA EXPO
Photo: Anatoly Medved/RIA News
14.05.2024

At the plenary session "Opportunities of the Future: Technological Leadership in Industry" experts discussed the prospects of launching the updated national project "Development of Production of New Materials and Chemical Products" in 2025. The event was organized with the participation of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation and the State Corporation Rosatom.

In his Address to the Federal Assembly, the President set ambitious goals: "Technological sovereignty projects should become the motor of updating our industry, help the entire economy to reach the advanced level of efficiency and competitiveness". In this regard, the session participants discussed what breakthrough solutions await the domestic industry, how the landscape and architecture of the industry will change by 2030, what the regulator and market participants are betting on, how import substitution of critical chemical products is going, what citizens will get as a result of the planned transformations, and also talked about the introduction of high-tech solutions in modern domestic industry, the development of new materials and chemistry, additive technologies and robotics.

Photo: Anatoly Medved/RIA News

"We can confidently say that the domestic chemical industry is worthily responding to the challenges that time dictates. Since 2000, the volume of production of basic chemical products has doubled, per capita consumption of plastics has increased five and a half times, more than 700 industry development projects have been implemented, and the total volume of investments has more than tripled this year, exceeding one trillion rubles. All previous goals have been achieved, and now there are more ambitious goals — to achieve an increase in production by more than two and a half times," said Artur Smirnov, Director of the Department of Chemical Industry of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Russia.

Successful implementation of the new national project is impossible without solving the problems that continue to hold back the development of the industry, and first of all people should be in the focus of attention, said Artur Smirnov: "Today the number of people employed in the chemical complex exceeds 600 thousand people. However, even with this number of specialists, many enterprises have a high demand for professional staff. Therefore, we must provide training of specialists with higher and specialized secondary education in the specialties demanded by the industry. We must also awaken interest in chemistry among schoolchildren to ensure an influx of specialists in the future. And this is the responsibility not only of the state, but also of chemical companies".

Photo: Anatoly Medved/RIA News

The topic of qualified specialists and key challenges that the training system will face in the near future was continued by Maria Vasilkova, a member of the State Duma Committee on Industry and Trade of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation.

"Chemistry and new materials is a basic industry, because one job in the chemical industry creates eight jobs in related industries. But technological leadership also requires technological transition, so qualification requirements, quality of jobs are changing, and today the issue of staffing becomes a priority. But at the same time we should talk about qualified personnel, who will have the necessary competencies to meet modern demands," emphasized Maria Vasilkova.

Photo: Anatoly Medved/RIA News

Representatives of industry companies and corporations shared their regional experience in training and cultivation of personnel with their colleagues. They also spoke about the prospects of work in other key areas — implementation of import-substitution projects, formation of new markets, development of related industries.

Andrei Shevchenko, Director for Technological Development of Rosatom State Atomic Energy Corporation, Alexei Belyakov, Vice President, Executive Director of the Space Technologies and Telecommunications Cluster of the Skolkovo Foundation, Salis Karakotov, CEO of Shchelkovo Agrochem JSC, Mikhail Danilov, CEO of August Firm JSC, Sergei Merzlyakov, CEO of Orgsintez Group PJSC, Mikhail Sutiansky, founder of Titan Group of Companies, and others also took part in the panel session.

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