BAKU, Azerbaijan, September 25. Kazakhstan
President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev discussed the comprehensive
deployment of UBTECH Robotics technologies in Alatau City during a
meeting in Almaty with UBTECH Robotics Corp. Senior Vice-President
Zhong Yong today, according to the president’s press service.
The meeting took place on the sidelines of the Kazakhstan-China
Investment Forum.
Tokayev welcomed UBTECH Robotics’ plans to open a plant in
Almaty to manufacture educational and service robots.
The president noted that Kazakhstan will become the company’s
first manufacturing site outside China. The project is being
implemented as part of the practical realization of agreements
reached in Shanghai in July this year.
The parties also discussed prospects for cooperation in
education, including systematic cooperation between UBTECH and
Kazakhstan’s technical universities and colleges.
They also proposed establishing a joint center of excellence,
where Kazakh specialists could participate in the company’s
research and development activities.
Particular attention was paid to the comprehensive deployment of
UBTECH technologies in Alatau City, as well as the use of robotics
in the mining and metallurgical sector, oil and gas industry and
major logistics facilities.
Zhong Yong expressed gratitude to Tokayev for the attention
given to digitalization and artificial intelligence, areas in which
Kazakhstan has made significant progress.
He also highly assessed the open, inclusive and practically
oriented development environment established in Kazakhstan.
According to Zhong Yong, the implementation of joint projects will
support expanded cooperation and the deployment of digital
technologies.
