East Kazakhstan region is developing dynamically and has all the prerequisites for increasing the pace of economic development, increasing the well-being of the population. At the same time, the unique location of the region predetermines its special role in ensuring the political, social and economic security of the country.
East Kazakhstan acts as a link with the Russian Federation, the People's Republic of China, providing a significant share of export revenue.
The priority of the economic development of the region is the creation of a competitive economy and ensuring a high standard of living for the population, taking into account the resources of the region and the socio-economic conditions of the country's development.
The region has a number of strategic reserves that contribute to long-term development and the solution of national problems:
- strengthening the role of the region as the largest center for the extraction and deep processing of non-ferrous metals, development and pilot testing of technologies in the field of metallurgy;
- expansion of the subsoil use segment, contributing to investment attractiveness, increasing the capacity of the domestic and foreign markets, introducing new technologies, and the transition from the raw materials sector to the production of finished products;
- development of the agro-industrial complex segment to ensure food security and expand export potential, primarily to the Chinese market;
- strengthening energy security through the use of renewable energy sources to meet domestic demand and eliminate electricity shortages;
- tourism potential is a component of the innovative development of East Kazakhstan in the long term, an economically profitable and environmentally friendly sector of the national economy.
The use of these reserves will allow an annual increase in the volume of gross regional product by an average of 3 - 4%.