A meeting was held in Almaty region between the regional governor Marat Sultangaziev and the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People's Republic of China to Kazakhstan Han Chunlin.
During the talks, the parties discussed the current state and development prospects of bilateral cooperation in the trade and economic, investment and tourism sectors.
Trade and economic relations between Almaty region and China are developing rapidly. Chinese investments play an important role in the development of the region's agro-industrial complex. The following projects have been successfully implemented with China: • LLP "KIK Zhibek Zholy" - introduction of drip irrigation technologies (7.5 billion tenge, 450 jobs). • TOO "KIK Zhibek Zholy" – construction of a dry milk production plant (7.5 billion tenge, 27 jobs). • TOO "KIK Zhibek Zholy" – compound feed production plant (7.5 billion tenge, 60 jobs).
Future projects include: • CITIC CONSTRUCTION CO., LTD – construction and modernization of irrigation systems on 26 thousand hectares (234 billion tenge). • SHANGHAI STRATCH BIOTECHNOLOGY Co., Ltd and EURASIAN CONTINENTAL BRIDGE Co., Ltd – construction of a fructose, maltose and lactose production plant (206.5 billion tenge, 2,000 jobs). • Fufeng Group – construction of a grain deep processing plant (1,000 jobs).
Chinese investors are actively participating in large industrial projects in the region: • TOO "Zhetysu Wolfram" – tungsten processing plant (135 billion tenge, 350 jobs). • LLP "Kelun Kazpharm" – construction of a pharmaceutical factory (7.5 billion tenge, 450 jobs). • LLP "Qazmetproduct" – steel wire production (359 million tenge, 60 jobs). Upcoming industrial projects: • BAOXIN (Zhambyl district) – production of metallurgical products (106 billion tenge, 500 jobs). • TBEA – construction of a transformer plant (50 billion tenge, 500 jobs). • LLP "Baulong quice" – assembly of special equipment (52 billion tenge, 1,366 jobs).
China is one of the main tourism partners of the Almaty region. In 2024, more than 11,700 Chinese tourists visited the region, which is 43% more than in 2023. The meeting discussed the creation of joint tourist routes, development of infrastructure, and attracting Chinese investors to the hotel business.
During the negotiations, one of the main topics was China's participation in the modernization of the infrastructure of the Almaty region. Among the proposed projects were: • Construction and modernization of engineering networks in the cities of Alatau and Kunayev (162 billion tenge). • Construction of 6 electrical substations in the region (36 billion tenge).
As part of strengthening cultural ties, it was announced that the 100th anniversary of the People's Artist of Kazakhstan Nurgisa Tlendiev will be celebrated in Beijing. This event is aimed at further strengthening cultural cooperation between the two countries.
Following the results of the meeting, the parties expressed their intention to continue developing bilateral cooperation.

Source : https://www.gov.kz/memleket/entities/almobl/press/news/details/941289