Delegation of the Agency visited China

From January 22nd to 26th of this year, the Chairman of the Agency for Strategic Planning and Reforms of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Zhandos Shaimardanov, undertook a working visit to the People's Republic of China.

During the visit, the Agency's delegation held meetings with representatives of central and local government agencies, the business community, and academic environment.

In Beijing, within the framework of the Memorandum of Understanding signed in October of the previous year during the official visit of the Head of State, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, to the People's Republic of China, the head of ASPR RK, Zhandos Shaimardanov, met with the Deputy Chairman of the State Committee for Development and Reforms of the PRC, Liu Sushe.

In the early days of the visit, meetings were held with the head of the Development Research Center of the State Council of China, Lu Hao, and with the Director of the National Bureau of Statistics of China, Kan Yi.

Representatives of the Agency visited one of the leading analytical centers, the CITIC Foundation for Reform and Development Studies, which is part of the CITIC Group investment corporation. During negotiations, the parties agreed to establish working groups for further cooperation, exchange of opinions, experiences, and knowledge.

There was also a meeting with the prominent Chinese economist, former Vice President and Chief Economist of the World Bank, and Dean of the Institute of New Structural Economics at Peking University, Justin Yifu Lin.

Additionally, delegates traveled to Jiangsu Province, where they met with the Chairman of the People's Government of the province, Xue Kunlin, and leaders of several municipal government agencies. In the province, the delegation also visited the Suzhou Industrial Park.

At the end of the visit, meetings were held with leaders and experts from the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences and the Shanghai Academy of International Studies, where participants exchanged views on global trends and challenges, and agreed on cooperation in exchanging experiences and knowledge.