Massimov visited construction site of Khorgos Int'l Border Cooperation Center
15:43, 31 October 2011
ALMATY OBLAST. October 31. KAZINFORM /Kanat Kulshmanov/ Kazakh Prime Minister Karim Massimov familiarized with the progress of construction of the facilities of Khorgos International Border Cooperation Center in Almaty region.
This center is one of the biggest initiatives of Kazakh and Chinese presidents Nursultan Nazarbayev and Hu Jintao. The project is expected to boost border cooperation in trade-economic, scientific-technical and cultural spheres, develop transit potential of the two countries.
The total area of the center is 528 hectares. The Kazakh 185 ha part and Chinese 343 ha part are interconnected by a transport and pedestrian crossing.