Reference News Network, September 4 report. According to the Russian newspaper "Nezavisimaya Gazeta" on September 3, the eighth meeting of the China-Kazakhstan Business Council opened in Beijing on the 2nd. The meeting was co-hosted by Kazakhstan's President Tokayev and the Standing Committee of the CPC Central Political Bureau and Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang. After the meeting, both sides signed more than 70 cooperation documents. This undeniably proves the stability of the China-Kazakhstan strategic relationship.
Over 500 representatives from the national institutions and business circles of China and Kazakhstan attended the meeting, including the heads of many large Chinese companies. In his speech, Tokayev emphasized that China is not only a reliable neighbor and close friend of Kazakhstan, but also a firm strategic partner. He pointed out that China's investment in Kazakhstan's economy has reached 27 billion US dollars, and this number is a "good indicator," and he believes it will continue to grow.
For a long time, Kazakhstan has been very attractive to Chinese enterprises. Many Chinese companies such as China National Petroleum Corporation, CITIC Group, Sinopec, and Huawei have conducted business within Kazakhstan, and their projects have made significant contributions to the local economic development. Tokayev pointed out that Kazakhstan not only cooperates with large Chinese enterprises, but also actively creates favorable conditions for the development of Chinese small and medium-sized enterprises in the country.
The Kazakh president emphasized that the country has created very favorable conditions for attracting foreign enterprises to make large investments and implement large projects. He particularly emphasized important issues such as finding reliable partners and unique growth opportunities for Chinese entrepreneurs within the country. He stated that he believes the agreements reached between the two countries will promote economic cooperation between the two countries and inject new momentum into their strategic partnership.
Tokayev emphasized that Kazakhstan and China are continuously striving to expand and deepen bilateral cooperation in all fields, and focus on developing a long-term mutually beneficial partnership between the two countries.
Cooperation in the nuclear energy field is one of the major directions of China-Kazakhstan cooperation. Tokayev also pointed out two priority areas for future cooperation between the two countries: leveraging Kazakhstan's role as a gateway between Europe and Asia in the field of logistics transportation, and achieving the transition from traditional energy to green energy in the field of energy. (Translated by Liu Yang)
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