Eastern Economic Forum

Far Eastern Economic Forum
Formation2015
HeadquartersVladivostok, Russia
Location
Region served
Russian Far East
Organizer
Russian Government, Roscongress Foundation
Websiteforumvostok.ru/en/

Eastern Economic Forum (Russian: Восточный экономический форум or ВЭФ) is an international forum held each year in Vladivostok, Russia, for the purpose of encouraging foreign investment in the Russian Far East.

With the exception of 2020, the forum has been held in September of each year since 2015. The 2020 forum was cancelled due to the COVID pandemic. The Far Eastern Federal University in Vladivostok, Russia has been the venue of the forum since its inception.

The Far East Economic Forum is sponsored by the organizing committee whose members are appointed by Roscongress, an association of the Russian Government which also sponsors other international forums, such as the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum.

Year Dates Notable guests
2015 September 3-5
2016 Vladimir Putin, President of Russia
Shinzo Abe, Prime Minister of Japan
2017 September 6-7 Vladimir Putin, President of Russia
Shinzo Abe, Prime Minister of Japan
Moon Jae-in, President of South Korea
Khaltmaagiin Battulga, President of Mongolia
2018 September 11-13 Vladimir Putin, President of Russia
Xi Jinping, Paramount leader of China
Shinzo Abe, Prime Minister of Japan
2019 Vladimir Putin, President of Russia
Mahathir Mohamad, Prime Minister of Malaysia
2020 September 2-5 Cancelled due to the COVID pandemic
2021 September 2-4
2022 September 5-8
2023 Pany Yathotou, Vice President of Laos
2024 Anwar Ibrahim, Prime Minister of Malaysia
2025 September 3-6 Vladimir Putin, President of Russia
Sonexay Siphandone, Prime Minister of Laos
Zandanshatar Gombojav, Prime Minister of Mongolia
Li Hongzhong, a Vice Chairman of the National People's Congress