Results of the XVII St. Petersburg International Economic Forum

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia, July 2, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --

The St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) was held from June 20 to 22, 2013 - this year's theme was "Finding Resolve to Build the New Global Economy".

2013 was a record SPIEF year for the number of attendees - 7190 people attended, from 87 countries, out of which total there were 1245 media representatives. The Russian and international business community was well represented - SPIEF 2013 was attended by 176 major foreign corporations and 436 large-scale Russian businesses. Out of the companies who attended, 67 leaders of the foreign businesses, and 24 leaders of the Russian corporations have Forbes or Fortune listings. Moreover, 327 representatives of official foreign delegations attended SPIEF 2013.

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The proceedings of the Forum were attended by the Federal Chancellor of Germany, Mrs Angela Merkel, and the Prime Minister of the Netherlands, Mr Mark Rutte.

Another record statistic concerning SPIEF 2013 was the number of agreements signed - 102 deals amounting to a financial value of 9.6 trillion roubles (USD 291 billion), which is approximately 30 times more than equivalent figure from last year's forum.

One hundred and five different events took place during the Forum - including panel sessions, open discussions, roundtables, industry breakfasts, forums, and briefings. In all, 449 speakers took part in these events.

Since Russia holds the rotating presidency of the G20 this year, a special Business 20 (B20) summit was held on June 20 at SPIEF 2013. The participants in this B20 summit brought concrete proposals to St. Petersburg with them - aimed at stimulating the global economy, creating jobs, and improving the world's monetary and financial system. From June 18 to 20 SPIEF hosted a Y20 youth summit, and on June 22, 2013 there was a Russia-ASEAN Business Forum.

More detailed information about the program conducted at the Forum, and about its participants can be found at the official website of the event: http://www.forumspb.com

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