BAKU, Azerbaijan, September 25. Chinese
businesses are confident in Kazakhstan’s investment prospects and
are interested in expanding cooperation into new areas, Cai
Guanshen, a member of the Standing Committee of the National
Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative
Conference, Chairman of the Chinese General Chamber of Commerce in
Hong Kong and Chairman of Sunwah Group said today during a meeting
with President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev.
According to the press service of the Kazakh president, the
meeting took place on the sidelines of the Kazakhstan-China
Investment Forum in Almaty today.
Tokayev highly praised Cai Guanshen’s personal contribution to
organizing the Kazakhstan-China Investment Forum in Almaty, which
brought together more than 500 representatives of the business
community, including about 300 Chinese entrepreneurs.
The president stressed the importance of turning the forum into
a permanent platform for direct interaction between government
bodies, financial institutions and businesses of the two
countries.
According to Tokayev, the main task is to put the agreements
reached into practice, expand investment cooperation and establish
new joint production facilities.
Tokayev proposed considering the Chinese General Chamber of
Commerce in Hong Kong as one of the key institutional partners of
the forum, noting the significant potential for further development
of business ties between Kazakhstan and China.
Cai Guanshen supported Tokayev’s initiative to hold the
Kazakhstan-China Investment Forum annually in Almaty and expressed
his readiness to assist in organizing the event.
He noted that Chinese businesses are fully confident in
Kazakhstan’s investment prospects and intend to expand into new
areas. Promising sectors of cooperation include artificial
intelligence, digital technologies, financial infrastructure,
industrial cooperation and participation in the development of
Alatau City.
