On July 7th, Zhou Hongbo, Secretary of the CPC Nanjing Municipal Committee, met with Shapkenov, Governor of Atyrau Region of Kazakhstan.

In recent years, under the strategic guidance of the two heads of state, bilateral cooperation between China and Kazakhstan has yielded remarkable achievements, and Nanjing and Kazakhstan have maintained close cooperation in trade, economy, and people-to-people ties.

The two sides agreed that, Kazakhstan is the place where President Xi Jinping for the first time proposed the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Atyrau Region possesses rich resource endowment, while Nanjing serves as an important converging hub along the Belt and Road, and the two sides enjoy broad prospects for future cooperation. We will implement the important consensus reached by two heads of state, give full play to China-Central Asia Trade Facilitation and Cooperation Platform, expand cooperation in such areas as green energy, agriculture, chemical industry and smart manufacturing, deepen sister-city exchanges, open a new chapter in the mutually beneficial cooperation, and jointly advance the China-Kazakhstan Permanent Comprehensive Strategic Partnership.

Also present were Li Hui, Secretary-General of the CPC Nanjing Municipal Committee, and Khairulliev, Chairman of the Parliament of Atyrau Region.