en.Wedoany.com Reported - On the afternoon of July 16, 2026, Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev at the Xijiao State Guesthouse in Shanghai, who was in China to attend the 2026 World Artificial Intelligence Conference and the High-Level Meeting on Global AI Governance. Following the meeting, the two heads of state jointly witnessed the signing of multiple cooperation documents in areas such as economy and trade, transportation, finance, and media.
During the meeting, Xi Jinping stated that the China-Kazakhstan permanent comprehensive strategic partnership is operating at a high level, demonstrating immense cooperation potential and broad development space. The two sides should expand cooperation in energy and minerals, accelerate the implementation of key projects, advance connectivity construction, increase direct flights, improve the convenience of international road transport, and cultivate new quality productive forces. China is willing to share technologies such as digital economy and artificial intelligence to assist Kazakhstan in achieving digital transformation.
Tokayev stated that Kazakhstan regards its relationship with China as a top priority in its foreign policy and looks forward to strengthening practical cooperation with China in trade, investment, transportation, energy, agriculture, and the digital economy. Kazakhstan is willing to maintain high-level collaboration with China within multilateral platforms such as the United Nations, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, and the China-Central Asia mechanism.
According to a statement from the press service of the President of Kazakhstan, during Tokayev's visit to China, enterprises from Kazakhstan and China signed over 70 commercial agreements with a total value exceeding $15 billion, covering areas such as artificial intelligence and digitalization, transportation infrastructure, finance, agro-industrial complexes, and machinery manufacturing.
In the field of transportation and logistics, Lianyungang Port Holdings Group and enterprises from China and Kazakhstan signed a quadrilateral cooperation agreement on the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route, jointly promoting the construction of the "Three Hub Integration." The first phase of the Aktau Port container hub has been officially put into operation, further smoothing the land-sea intermodal corridor from the Yellow Sea to the Caspian Sea. Once the Bakhty-Ayagoz railway is completed, it will form the third cross-border railway passage between Kazakhstan and China, with an annual transport capacity of 25 million tons.
In the energy sector, Kazakhstan's National Welfare Fund "Samruk-Kazyna" and Chinese enterprises will jointly build a trans-Eurasian intelligent transport corridor. China Water Resources and Electric Power Foreign Company, a subsidiary of China Communications Construction Company, will participate in the construction of Kazakhstan's first hydropower station, located on the Khalkhal River in Almaty Region, with an installed capacity of 600 megawatts.
In terms of steel production capacity cooperation, Fujian Metallurgical Industry Design Institute has signed a design contract for a 1.5 million-ton high-quality steel production line project in Kazakhstan. China and Kazakhstan have implemented 77 cooperation projects with a total investment of $13.3 billion, creating over 21,600 jobs.
In the digital economy sector, Kazakhstan and Huawei have signed a series of cooperation documents to advance the implementation of joint initiatives in the digital field. The IBI Kazakhstan Digital Economy Headquarters project has been established in Almaty, focusing on cross-border digital trade and industrial internet services along the Belt and Road Initiative.
This meeting between the heads of state of China and Kazakhstan, along with the signing of a series of cooperation agreements, has propelled the practical cooperation between the two countries in areas such as energy and minerals, transportation infrastructure, steel production capacity, and the digital economy into a new phase.
