00:00Xi Jinping and Qasim Jamar Tokayev signed more than 70 commercial agreements worth over $13 billion on the sidelines of
00:08the World AI Conference in Shanghai.
00:10Today, more than 8,500 Chinese-backed companies currently operate in Kazakhstan, as Beijing remains Astana's largest trading partner.
00:19Last year, bilateral trade reached a record of 49 billion U.S. dollars, while cumulative Chinese investment in Kazakhstan exceeded
00:3230 billion U.S. dollars.
00:35Today, more than 8,500 enterprises with Chinese participation operate in Kazakhstan.
00:43Among the flagship deals were plans to build Central Asia's first battery manufacturing plant in partnership with Chinese EV battery
00:50giant CATL, alongside a new multifunctional terminal at Kurokport at the Caspian Sea with an annual capacity of 15 million
00:59tons.
00:59Thirteen international transport corridors pass through our country, while approximately 85 percent of all freight freight traffic between China and
01:11Europe transits Kazakhstan.
01:14We are constructing new railway lines and expanding the capacity of the Trans-Caspian Transport Route, widely known as the
01:23Middle Corridor.
01:24The meeting concluded with the signing of a three-year roadmap for trade and economic cooperation.
