Kazakhstan and China need to significantly unleash potential for cooperation in new energy, digital economy, President Jinping
Kazinform News Agency offers its readers a signed article by Chinese President Xi Jinping “Staying True to Our Shared Commitment and Opening a New Chapter in China-Kazakhstan Relations in which he states that two countries need to stay committed to the golden rule of mutual benefit and win-win in bilateral cooperation, Kazinform News Agency reports.
"China and Kazakhstan have different yet complementary resource endowments and industries. This offers huge potential for cooperation. China stands ready to promote greater synergy between Belt and Road cooperation and the economic policies under a Just Kazakhstan at a faster pace, and further open our super-sized market to Kazakhstan so that our Kazakh friends can share the opportunities of our development. Our two countries need to deepen cooperation in traditional sectors including business, trade, industrial capacity, investment, energy, mining and agriculture, and enhance the efficiency of customs clearance at border ports. We need to ensure the high-quality operation of the China-Europe Railway Express, advance the construction of the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route, and make the network connecting our two countries more multidimensional, diverse and efficient. We need to significantly unleash the potential for cooperation in such high-tech areas as new energy, the digital economy, artificial intelligence, cross-border e-commerce, aviation and aerospace, and build more industrial and supply chains with high added-values, in order to inject new impetus to our cooperation," the article reads.
As earlier reported, President of China Xi Jinping will pay a state visit to Kazakhstan on July 2-4 at the invitation of Head of State Kassym-Jomart Tokayev and attend the 24th Meeting of the SCO Council of Heads of State (SCO summit).