BEIJING. KAZINFORM - Head of State Kassym-Jomart Tokayev attended the 6th meeting of the Kazakh-Chinese Business Council, Kazinform reports referring to the press service of Akorda.
Kazakhstan President Tokayev delivers keynote speech at the business council meeting
In his speech Kassym-Jomart Tokayev noted that Kazakhstan and the People's Republic of China have good neighborly relations based on trust and mutually beneficial cooperation. China has become one of Kazakhstan's largest foreign trade and economic partners. This is evidenced by the dynamic growth of trade between our countries which in 2018 grew by 11.4% and amounted to $12 billion. Over the years of Independence China has invested about $20 billion in Kazakhstan. We observe the today's 6th meeting of the Business Council as an opportunity to unleash even greater the huge potential of the business and investment partnership between our two countries, the President said.
William Wu, CEO from TOKO Technology(Wuxi) Co.,Ltd attended the 6th meeting of Kazakh-Chinese Business Council
The President urged Chinese businessmen to more actively use the Astana International Financial Centre (AIFC) exchange for financial operations. He noted that it is a unique institution for the region with more than 250 companies registered. Mr. Tokayev paid special attention to Kazakhstan's capabilities in the formation and development of a transport corridor between Asia and Europe.
At the plenary session of the meeting speeches were made by Chang Zhenming the chairman of the board of directors of CITIC Group corporation and the co-chair of KCBC from the Chinese side, Akhmetzhan Yessimov the chairman of the board of Samruk-Kazyna JSC and the co-chair of the KCBC from the Kazakhstani side, as well as Kairat Kelimbetov the manager of the Astana International Financial Center. Following the event representatives of the Kazakh side signed a series of commercial agreements with the Chinese business persons.
President Tokayev attends meeting of Kazakh-Chinese Business Council