President received E Kazakhstan Akim
18:10, 30 November 2009
sp;ASTANA-AKORDA. November 30. KAZINFORM Head of the State Nursultan Nazarbayev has received Akim of East Kazakhstan oblast Berdibek Saparbayev today.
B. Saparbayev informed the president of the region's socio-economic development since the beginning of 2009.
To date GDP growth in the East Kazakhstan oblast has reached the level of 2008. Despite the difficulties caused by the global financial crisis, economy of the region is characterized as stable.
The governor also reported to the President on the course of implementation of large investment projects directed on further industrialization of the oblast. Over KZT 450 bln were allotted for these purposes. The largest project is construction of a copper-melting plant carried out within modernization of production at KazZinc JSC.