On November 11, the VI Congress of the Union "St. Petersburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry" was held, and Vladimir Katenev was re-elected as President of the St. Petersburg Chamber.
Under his leadership, the territorial Chamber will continue to develop priority areas, including expertise, certification, expansion of interregional ties and others.
The Vice President of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation Vadim Chubarov spoke at the congress, noting the high level of organization of the Congress and stressed the importance of the Chamber's work in strengthening the economic potential of the region.
Vadim Chubarov noted the high level of organization of the Congress and stressed the importance of the Chamber's work in strengthening the economic potential of the region.
"For many years, the St. Petersburg Chamber has maintained the bar as one of the leading regional chambers in our country. The Chamber traditionally tops the rating of chambers of commerce and industry of the system in terms of the size of the membership base. Today, the St. Petersburg CCI unites more than 4.3 thousand members from small to large businesses operating in all sectors of the economy. The number of members of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry is constantly growing, which underlines the interest of business in cooperation with the Chamber,” Vadim Chubarov noted.
According to him, the St. Petersburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry is not only the leader in terms of the size of its membership base, but is also one of the top leaders of the entire system of Chambers of Commerce and Industry in terms of the volume of services provided. The Chamber annually expands the list of services provided to business.
“I will only outline some of the key areas of services provided by the Chamber: examination, certification, assistance in the development of foreign economic services, interregional relations, legal services, mediation and many others. In total, more than 100 types of services,” said the Vice President of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation.
On the eve of the Congress, Vadim Chubarov met with Deputy Chairman of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg Nikolay Bondarenko. The meeting in the Legislative Assembly of the city was also attended by the heads of the St. Petersburg and Ural Chambers of Commerce and Industry Vladimir Katenev and Andrey Besedin.

Press Service of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation,
Department of Regional Development