Based on the results of the year 2018, the investments into construction, including housing, industrial and social development, exceeded 40 billion rubles in the Tomsk region.

The Deputy Governor on Investment Policy and Property Relationship Yuri Gurdin reported that in 2018 the portion of the state subsidies in the investment projects exceeded 31 billion rubles in the Tomsk region leading to the creation of 2 300 jobs as it reported. He mentioned "Mikran", "Sibkabel", "EleSi", "TOMZEL", "Derevenskoye Molochko", "Artlife", "SAVA", "Tomlesdrev", "Kompaniya "Eskimos", "Garment factory "Tsarina", "NPO "ReaSib", "Tomsk Instrument Plant" among the companies that received the subsidies.

The Tomsk Special Economic Zone (SEZ) project reached break-even point. The investments in the Tomsk SEZ amounted to 15.7 billion rubles since its launch.

The first stage of a large-scale investment project for the development of the ilmenite-zirconium mines and the construction of the mining and processing plant AO "Tuganskiy Gorno-Obogatitelnyy Kombinat "IFarmlmenit" was one of the most significant events in the investment area last year.

The second multiindustrial fair "Vietnam Expo-Sibir" will take place on 21-23 September, 2018 in Novosibirsk.

XV China International Small and Medium Enterprises Fair will take place on 10-13 October, 2018 (Guangzhou, the People’s Republic of China). 

October 3-4, 2017 in Tokyo will be held the V meeting of Russian-Japanese Business Dialogue (Japan) on affairs of the development of small and medium business.

In September, 2017 Tomsk Chamber of Commerce and Industry organize a business trip with Tomsk enterprises for participating in Summit for the development of Russian-Iranian cooperation on September 20-22, 2017 in Mashhad (Iran).