A global conference dedicated to the 10-th anniversary of the «Belt and Road» Initiative and the «gold of that thirtieth anniversary» between Central Asia and China.

 

On September 7, 2023, Nazarbayev University in Astana hosted a global conference dedicated to the 10th anniversary of the Belt and Road Initiative and an exchange forum “The Golden 30th Anniversary of Central Asia and China.

The event is organized by the Xinhua News Agency, China Daily and the Center for Chinese Studies in Kazakhstan. Sponsored by 21st Century Newspaper, New Media Center of Xinhua News Agency, Taihe Institute.

Greetings to the participants of the international conference were delivered by the Deputy Minister of Culture and Information of the Republic of Kazakhstan Eldar Torganbaev; Deputy Mayor of Astana city Eset Baiken; Qu Yingpu, President and Editor-in-Chief of China Daily; Chinese Ambassador to Kazakhstan Zhang Xiao, former Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan Djoomart Otorbaev; former Secretary General of the SCO, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan Vladimir Norov, director of the Kazakhstan Center for Chinese Studies Gulnar Shaimergenova.

About 200 guests from all walks of life from China and Central Asia attended the event, including Li Jun, director of the Xinhua New Media Center, Shi Huangjun, vice president of the National Convention and Exhibition Center (Shanghai), Shang Hong, director of the Information Shaanxi Provincial People's Government Bureau.

Head of the Department of Oriental Studies of the Faculty of International Relations of the Eurasian National University G.U. Birimkulova, Professors of the Department B.J. Abzhapparova, A.M. Azmukhanova exchanged views, noting that this will make a significant contribution to the formation of the foundation of the next stage of bilateral relations in a new era.

The presentation of the 6th International import exhibition of the Chinese XIIE was also organized at the event.