PM Smailov, Ambassador Zhang Xiao discuss key issues of Kazakhstan-China coop

02.03.2023, 14:21 ratel.kz

Prime Minister Alikhan Smailov has met with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People’s Republic of China Zhang Xiao, Kazinform learned from primeminister.kz. The sides discussed a wide range of issues of interstate cooperation in trade, investment attraction, industry, energy, agriculture, transport and logistics, digital technologies, trans-border water resources use etc. China is one of the major trade partners of Kazakhstan. 18 percent of Kazakhstan’s total volume of foreign trade falls on China which is also among the country’s top 5 investors, the Prime Minister noted. Alikhan Smailov stressed the Kazakh Government’s readiness to work on increasing mutual trade up to 35 billion US dollars by 2030, as it was set by the two countries’ leaders. "Our countries possess huge potential in agricultural products supply. Kazakhstan’s enterprises are willing to ramp up the export of food products to China. The elimination of trade barriers and restrictions is of special importance," said the Kazakh Prime Minister. Photo: primeminister.kz.