Serik Zhumangarin visited Shymkent and Turkestan region on a working trip

As part of the trip to the Turkestan region and the city of Shymkent, Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan - Minister of Trade and Integration Serik Zhumangarin met with local residents and business representatives, and also visited the production enterprises of the region.

The social and trade and economic development of the two regions, which make up one of the largest industrial, commercial and cultural centers of the country, became the key issues of discussion at the meetings. Serik Zhumangarin told the audience about the Government's plans for the social development of Shymkent and Turkestan region for the next three years.

In particular, a children's hospital with 190 beds, two perinatal centers in Saryagash and the village of Temirlanovka, a city polyclinic with an ambulance station in Arys, 20 outpatient clinics and other medical institutions will be built in Turkestan. In the field of education – 30 kindergartens, 99 schools and 13 outbuildings for 141,400 students, 3 university dormitories. A perinatal center, a university hospital with 800 beds, 50 kindergartens, 25 schools and 4 extensions to them with 80,150 beds, 7 dormitories of colleges and universities will be opened in Shymkent until 2025.

The Minister of Trade also spoke about the mechanisms and timing of the start of the widespread introduction of the Social Wallet. This tool for obtaining social support from the state is especially relevant for the Turkestan region, where the proportion of the population with incomes below the subsistence minimum is high. Here, targeted social assistance as of November 1 of this year has been assigned to about 33.5 thousand families (190.5 thousand people). Also, the question of the implementation of the Social Purse was asked to the Deputy Prime Minister at a personal reception of citizens in Turkestan.

Citizens asked the Deputy Prime Minister many topical questions. For example, in Turkestan, the director of a textile factory proposed to increase the share of Kazakhstani content in purchases from 30% to 70%. According to the entrepreneur, the local production capacity is sufficient to meet the needs of several ministries in textile products.

Serik Zhumangarin proposed to comprehensively consider this issue at a meeting jointly with government agencies and other manufacturers of Kazakhstan. In Shymkent, business representatives outlined restrictions that prevent them from competing on equal terms with foreign manufacturers of similar products, voiced proposals for promoting domestic products.

Serik Zhumangarin held briefings with the participation of media representatives in each region.

Serik Zhumangarin also got acquainted with the activities of enterprises for the production of pasta and confectionery, textiles, a transport and logistics center, storage of various types of goods, greenhouses with an area of 11 hectares and a production capacity of 5000-6000 tons of vegetables per year. At all facilities, the head of the Ministry of Trade discussed the possibilities of further development with the heads of enterprises.