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1 Slovakia European Gateway to the New Silk Road

2 Slovakia Growing Heart of Europe I Establishment: I Official name: I Area (sq m): I Population: I Capital: I Official currency: I Official language: I Political system: I Election term: I Neighbours: I Time zone: 1 January 1993 Slovak Republic 49,035 5,400,000 Bratislava EURO Slovak Parliamentary democracy 4 years Austria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Ukraine GMT + 1hour

3 Slovakia Growing Heart of Europe 300 MILLION CLIENTS IN RADIUS OF 1,000 KM 300 MILLION CLIENTS IN RADIUS OF 1,000 KM 600 MILLION CLIENTS IN RADIUS OF 2,000 KM Bratislava, SK

4 Slovakia Growing Heart of Europe EURO since 1 st January 2009 I One of a few in CEE I Euro implementation impact: Limitation of Foreign Exchange Risk Lower Transaction Costs Growth in Foreign Trade Increased Economic & Financial Stability I Favourable conditions for long-term business decisions

5 Slovakia One of Best Country Credit Ratings in CEE Data as of January 2016 CREDIT RATING AGENCY SLOVAKIA CZECH REPUBLIC HUNGARY POLAND BULGARIA ROMANIA OECD Country risk A+ stable A2 stable A+ stable A+ stable A stable A1 stable A+ positive A stable BB+ stable Ba1 stable BB+ stable BBB negative BBBstable A+/AAstable BBBstable BBB+ negative A2 stable A- positive A stable A-/A stable BB+ stable Baa2 stable BB+ stable BBB stable Baa3 stable AAstable BBBstable BBBstable Source: S&P, Moody s, Fitch, JCR, R&I, OECD (2016)

6 Slovakia Macroeconomic Overview Source: European Commission, European Economic Forecast, Spring 2016 (2016) GDP Growth Prediction by European Commission 13% 11% 9% 7% 5% 3% 1% -1% -3% Slovakia European Union (EU28) f 2017f Germany 1.6 % 1.6 % Slovakia 3.2 % 3.3 % Poland 3.7 % 3.6 % Czech Rep. 2.1 % 2.6 % Hungary 2.5 % 2.8 % Romania 4.2 % 3.7 % Bulgaria 2.0 % 2.6 %

7 Slovakia The Highest Labour Productivity in CEE SLOVAKIA REACHES THE HIGHEST LABOUR PRODUCTIVITY GDP (in PPS) per hour worked as compared to EU28 (100) ,459 CZK Czech Republic 934 3,899 PLN Poland 883 Slovakia ,784 HUF Hungary 576 2,559 RON Romania GROSS MONTHLY SALARIES 2015 Source: National Statistical Offices of respective countries (2015); Eurostat (2014)

8 Slovakia Key Sectors AUTOMOTIVE 17 BN Volume of industrial export generated by Slovak automotive industry 130 ths+ People employed in Slovak SSC and ICT sector ICT & SSC R&D ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY 1.18 BN Added value in the Electrical Engineering Industry

9 Key Sector No 1 Automotive 2020f Number of Cars Produced Source: Slovak Automotive Industry Association; VW; KIA; PSA-Peugeot; International Organization of Motor Vehicle Manufacturers (2016)

10 Concept of the Development of Economic Relations between the Slovak Republic and the People's Republic of China for

11 Slovakia China Memorandum of Understanding

12 Slovakia China Memorandum of Understanding

13 Slovakia Expert working group Expert working group are responsible for implementing the Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of the Slovak Republic and People s Republic of China for Common Support of the Silk Road Economic Belt and 21 st Century Maritime Silk Road initiatives in the field of transport and logistics, which was signed on 26 th November 2015 in Beijing. The members of the Expert working group are deputies of: - respective sections of our Ministry of Transport - ZSR Slovak Railways (infrastructure manager) - ZSSK Cargo (national railway freight operator) - Public Port Authority (authority of Slovak ports on the Danube river) - Association of Logistics and Freight Forwarding of the Slovak Republic. Peter HRAPKO/ 彼得 胡拉布克 Head of expert working group/ 专家工作组组长

14 China - Slovakia - Europe New Silk Road

15 China New Silk Road

16 Slovakia - Europe New Silk Road

17 Slovakia China MoU Customs cooperation

18 Slovakia China MoU Customs cooperation

19 The diplomatic note from Slovak Republic - Russian Federation

20 The answer of the Russian Federation

21 Expert working group with RŽD

22 AGREEMENT ON INTERNATIONAL COMBINED TRANSPORT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE SLOVAK REPUBLIC AND THE CABINET OF MINISTERS OF UKRAINE The Government of the Slovak Republic and the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, (hereinafter referred to as Contracting Parties ), wishing to develop an international combined transport of goods between the two states, being aware that the international combined transport of goods is an important factor of international trade development, emphasizing the significant role of the international combined transport in improvement of the quality of transport services, in increasing the security of transport of goods and in reducing damages to the environment, being convinced that the establishment of legal regulations upon the matters of the development of combined transport and development of infrastructure on the basis of agreed international parameters and standards shall have a decisive influence on increasing the effectiveness of combined transport,

23 Letter from Ukrainian Railways

24 Slovakia Transport Centre of Europe Dobrá, SK

25 Slovakia Growing Heart of Europe CZ ;; PL Liptovský Hrádok UA Pezinok SilkRoad Pusté Úľany AT Dunajská Streda ŽSR Terminals ŽSR Terminal under construction HU Private Terminals The alternative routing ( Southern Line)

26 Slovakia Growing Heart of Europe

27 Slovakia Intermodal terminal DOBRÁ

28 Slovakia Intermodal terminal DOBRÁ

29 Slovakia Intermodal terminal DOBRÁ

30 Slovakia Global logistics industrial park Košice - GLIP Košice 科希策

31 Slovakia Global logistics industrial park Košice - GLIP Košice 科希策

32 Slovakia US STEEL Košice 科希策

33 Slovakia Rhine - Main - Danube

34 Slovakia New intermodal terminals prepared for implementation BRATISLAVAtion

35 Slovakia New intermodal terminals prepared for implementation BRATISLAVAtion Bratislava 布拉迪斯拉发

36 Slovakia New intermodal terminals prepared for implementation BRATISLAVAtion Tri-modal transport terminal Bratislava (Danube road railway) State-owned land Close to Bratislava International Airport. Bratislava 布拉迪斯拉发

37 Slovakia New intermodal terminals ŽILINA Public procurement concession for the operation 30 years

38 Slovakia New intermodal terminals ŽILINA Public procurement concession for the operation 30 years New Euroasia SilkRoad Project

39 Slovakia New intermodal terminals LUŽIANKY

40 谢谢你们的关注! Thank you for your attention!

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