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At present, the Tomsk SEZ is focusing on infrastructure and its first plant units; at the same time SEZ authorities are developing feasible strategies for attracting potential residents. The goal is for the SEZ to create a favorable economic climate to encourage entrepreneurial activities and further high-technology businesses. The SEZ will also work to ensure liberal regulatory practices as well as considerable duty and tax relief to allow resident companies to reduce their expenses by 30–40%.

Under RF Federal Law, business activities of the ''technology-innovative type'' includes development and marketing of sci-tech products with subsequent industrial application; the development of software products, data collecting, data processing and data transmission systems and systems of distributed computing. Resident companies will be expected develop and support such products and systems.

The physical plan for the Tomsk SEZ was prepared by the Moscow-based architectural firm, ABD Architects. Numerous experts from the US, Great Britain and France participated in developing the plan... The total budget investment for the Tomsk SEZ project – primarily in the construction of infrastructure – is estimated at 15 billion rubles ($588m) over the next 3 years