Askar Mamin: "It is necessary to give a significant impetus to the development of the North Kazakhstan region"

As part of a working trip to North Kazakhstan region, Prime Minister Askar Mamin inspected the implementation of investment projects and held a meeting on the further socio-economic development of the region.

In Petropavlovsk, the Head of Government got acquainted with the construction progress of a new plant for the production of electrical products on the territory of the FEZ "Qyzyljar". The cost of the project is 10 billion tenge. The capacity of the enterprise will be 13 thousand transformers per year with the creation of 300 new jobs.

A. Mamin visited the "Petropavlovsk Heavy Machine Building Plant", on the territory of which a new production facility for the assembly of thermos cars for the transportation of perishable food was opened. The design capacity is 1200 wagons per year with the employment of 200 people.

The Prime Minister got acquainted with the activities of the plant for the production of film faced plywood "Northern Plywood Mill" LLP. The company has provided jobs for 150 people. The design capacity is 27 thousand m³ of products per year.

The Head of Government also inspected the construction progress of a 510-bed multidisciplinary regional hospital according to JCI international standards in the “Shygys” microdistrict of Petropavlovsk. The project will be implemented by the Turkish investor “YDA Holding” within the framework of a public-private partnership by the end of 2022.

In the village of Chapayevo, Kyzylzhar district, the Head of Government visited a new digital dairy farm of “Kyzylzhar Sut” LLP with a capacity of 3.6 thousand tons of milk per year.

Following the visit, the Prime Minister held a meeting on the socio-economic development of North Kazakhstan region and prospects for the coming period. The akim of the region Kumar Aksakalov, the Minister of Agriculture Saparkhan Omarov, the Minister of Agriculture and Infrastructure Development Beibut Atamkulov, the Minister of Healthcare Aleksey Tsoi, the Minister of Labor and Social Protection of the Population Serik Shapkenov, the Minister of Education and Science Askhat Aimagambetov, the Vice Minister of National Economy Yermek Alpysov and the First Vice Minister of Finance Berik Sholpankulov.

“North Kazakhstan region has great potential in the agro-industrial complex, manufacturing industry and other areas. It is necessary to give a significant impetus to further socio-economic development of the region, increase its competitiveness, ensure a high quality of life and well-being of the population,” — A. Mamin said.

At the end of 2020, the volume of gross output in agriculture in North Kazakhstan region amounted to 779 billion tenge, which is 27% higher than last year, the volume of industrial production was 306 billion tenge. (+ 4.8%). The volume of investments in fixed assets increased by 20.5% to 281 billion tenge.