A socially oriented non-financial development institution and a major organizer of nationwide and international conventions; exhibitions; and business, public, youth, sporting, and cultural events.

The Roscongress Foundation is a socially oriented non-financial development institution and a major organizer of nationwide and international conventions; exhibitions; and business, public, youth, sporting, and cultural events. It was established in pursuance of a decision by the President of the Russian Federation.

The Foundation was established in 2007 with the aim of facilitating the development of Russia’s economic potential, promoting its national interests, and strengthening the country’s image. One of the roles of the Foundation is to comprehensively evaluate, analyse, and cover issues on the Russian and global economic agendas. It also offers administrative services, provides promotional support for business projects and attracting investment, helps foster social entrepreneurship and charitable initiatives.

Each year, the Foundation’s events draw participants from 209 countries and territories, with more than 15,000 media representatives working on-site at Roscongress’ various venues. The Foundation benefits from analytical and professional expertise provided by 5,000 people working in Russia and abroad.

The Foundation works alongside various UN departments and other international organizations, and is building multi-format cooperation with 212 economic partners, including industrialists’ and entrepreneurs’ unions, financial, trade, and business associations from 86 countries worldwide, and 293 Russian public organizations, federal and regional executive and legislative bodies of the Russian Federation.

The Roscongress Foundation has Telegram channels in Russian t.me/Roscongress, English – t.me/RoscongressDirect, Spanish – t.me/RoscongressEsp and Arabic t.me/RosCongressArabic. Official website and Information and Analytical System of the Roscongress Foundation:roscongress.org.

Zhu Xian

Zhu Xian

Vice President, Chief Operations Officer, New Development Bank (NDB BRICS)
Biography
Mr. Xian Zhu is Vice President and Chief Operations Officer of the New Development Bank. He is responsible for project lending, other investment instruments operational compliance and project procurement as well as the regional offices of the Bank.

Over the past three decades, Mr. Zhu assumed various senior management roles in the public sector. Most recently Mr. Zhu served as Vice President and Chief Ethics Officer at World Bank Group from 2012 to 2015. Since 2002, he served as Strategy and Operations Director for South Asia, Country Director for Bangladesh (based in Dhaka) and Country Director for the Pacific Islands, Papua New Guinea, and Timor Leste (based in Sydney). From 1999 to 2001, Mr. Zhu served as Executive Director for China in the World Bank Group.
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04.06.2021
SPIEF 2021
Multilateral Development Banks in the Post-COVID Era: Old Challenges and New Opportunities
We believe that soft infrastructure is no less important than the hard one. <…> We are not able yet to meet the existing challenges and solve the problems of social infrastructure. These are the areas that allow us to learn from other development banks, help us accumulate knowledge and practices thanks to our partners. We hope that over the next five years we will develop a more balanced approach to existing issues and help countries establish and implement their national priorities,
04.06.2021
SPIEF 2021
Multilateral Development Banks in the Post-COVID Era: Old Challenges and New Opportunities
We are now entering a post-COVID stage; states will keep facing second and third waves of the pandemic. We need to prepare for the upcoming waves, we need to identify deficits and shortages, we need to work with member states and other MDBs, and we need to learn from the fight against COVID and incorporate this knowledge into future activities,
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