Economic cooperation between Kazakhstan and China continues to develop rapidly. In early June, the Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region paid his first-ever visit to Kazakhstan. John Lee arrived with a large delegation comprising 75 officials and business leaders representing a wide range of sectors, including logistics, green energy, mining, innovation, technology and education. Today, bilateral relations place particular emphasis on industrial cooperation, investment and joint infrastructure projects.
Over the past 20 years, Kazakhstan has attracted around $30 billion in investment from China. The Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) has a representative office in Almaty, which actively promotes the strengthening of business ties between the business communities of the two countries. By the end of last year, trade turnover between the countries had reached $48.7 billion. China also became Kazakhstan’s largest trading partner in the first quarter of 2026: the volume of bilateral trade amounted to $7.8 billion, accounting for 23.8% of the country’s total foreign trade turnover. Compared with the same period last year, this figure rose by 30%.
