Xi Jinping: China, Kazakhstan can increase co-op in several areas

China and Kazakhstan can increase cooperation in energy, agriculture, investment and mining, reads an article by Chinese President Xi Jinping “Staying True to Our Shared Commitment and Opening a New Chapter in China-Kazakhstan Relations”, who will visit Kazakhstan on July 2-4, Report informs referring to Kazinform.

"China and Kazakhstan have different yet complementary resource endowments and industries. This offers huge potential for cooperation. China stands ready to promote greater synergy between Belt and Road cooperation and the economic policies under a Just Kazakhstan at a faster pace, and further open our super-sized market to Kazakhstan so that our Kazakh friends can share the opportunities of our development," reads the article.

"Our two countries need to deepen cooperation in traditional sectors including business, trade, industrial capacity, investment, energy, mining and agriculture, and enhance the efficiency of customs clearance at border ports.

We need to ensure the high-quality operation of the China-Europe Railway Express, advance the construction of the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route, and make the network connecting our two countries more multidimensional, diverse and efficient.

We need to significantly unleash the potential for cooperation in such high-tech areas as new energy, the digital economy, artificial intelligence, cross-border e-commerce, aviation and aerospace, and build more industrial and supply chains with high added-values, in order to inject new impetus to our cooperation," Xi Jinping wrote.