Such famous Soviet authors as Boris Pasternak, Leonid Leonov, Alexander Fadeev lived in Chistopol for several years.

In 2017, the administrative center received its designation as one of the "Territories of advanced social and economic development" or TASED in the republic.

[4][9][6] The main colors making up the field of the coat of arms are blue and green with a narrow silver belt passing horizontally through its center.

The Kama River is represented by the upper azure section of the flag and arms, symbolizing lofty aspirations, honor, glory, devotion and immortality.

In 1431, Prince Fyodor Motley inflicted a final blow upon the settlement and the entire population of the city gradually left for Kazan.

[13] The development of the district in the 2000s is largely associated with the former Minister of Construction of the republic, Marat Khusnullin who controlled half of the city's largest enterprises.

The ethnic composition of the region according to the 2010 census is composed of Tatars and Russians who make up 40.1% and 55.4% of the population respectively, with the remaining 4.5% being made up by representatives of other nationalities.

The main town-forming enterprise is the Vostok watch factory which remained in the city after its military evacuation from Moscow in the 1940s.

After the end of the war it switched to consumer products which continue to be regularly supplied to the foreign market.

In 2020, the Ak Bars Holding bought out the Chistopol egg factory in order to re-equip it for meat production.

The Ak Bars Poultry Complex in the district raises various European hybrid breeds of broiler chickens, after which they are shipped to a second stage of production in Pestretsy.

[21] Companies such as "Krasny Vostok Argo", "Khuzangaevskoe" and "Volga-Select" grow crops commercially in the district.

[25] In 2011, local authorities initiated the creation of the Chistopol industrial park which encompasses 292 hectares of land in the district.

In 2018, the Chinese meat processing enterprise Jing Feng announced an international partnership with the Chistopol Park.

Jin Feng intended to establish production facilities on 6 hectares, having invested 80 million rubles into the project.

[27][28][29] In December 2017, Prime Minister of Russia Dmitry Medvedev signed a decree on the creation of a TASED in Chistopol.

As for the first quarter of 2020, the TASED in the district had 16 residents and attracted an annual volume of investment amounting to 650 million rubles.

[4][36][37] Starting in 2013, local authorities began to seriously prioritize the preservation of cultural heritage sites and historical monuments.