China's Hong Kong, Kazakhstan to strengthen practical cooperation across multiple sectors
ASTANA, June 3 (Xinhua) -- Visiting Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Chief Executive John Lee has held talks with Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev and Prime Minister Olzhas Bektenov to strengthen cooperation across multiple sectors.Lee led a business delegation on a visit to Kazakhstan from June 1 to 3, during which the two sides produced and reached 43 memorandums and agreements covering aviation, finance, trade, technological innovation, digital economy and green development.According to the Kazinform news agency, Tokayev said during the talks that the visit, the first by a chief executive of the HKSAR to Kazakhstan, carries special significance and will help strengthen cooperation across various fields, expand business ties and launch joint projects.Bektenov said developing mutually beneficial relations with China is one of the key priorities of Kazakhstan's foreign policies, adding that Kazakhstan-China relations have reached an unprecedented level and serve as a model of good-neighborliness, mutual trust and long-term cooperation.For his part, Lee said that Hong Kong, under the one country, two systems and with the advantages of a financial hub with strong connectivity both within China and with the rest of the world, highly complements Kazakhstan's industrial transformation needs and could function as a gateway for Kazakhstan to East and Southeast Asia.As Hong Kong's largest trading partner in Central Asia, Kazakhstan could serve as a link connecting Hong Kong with Central Asian markets, Lee said, adding that strengthened cooperation under a hub-to-hub model would inject new momentum into high-quality Belt and Road cooperation.The HKSAR government plans to establish a Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in Kazakhstan, Lee said, noting that there is significant room for growth in bilateral economic and trade exchanges and extending a welcome to Kazakh companies to develop and list in Hong Kong.Lee further said that direct flights betwee...
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