Before the end of the year, People’s Republic of China will set up Consulate-General in Yekaterinburg. The issue was discussed at the meeting of 2 would-be consulate executives with Sverdlovsk Region Minister of International and Foreign Economic Relations Viktor Koksharov on April 28. According to the Ministry’s spokesperson, this should further promote the Ural-Chinese cooperation (China’s turnover of goods in Sverdlovsk Region reached the point of $459.5m in 2005).