Li Zhanshu, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of China, meets with First President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev in Kazakhstan, Sept. 23, 2019. Li paid an official goodwill visit to Kazakhstan from Sept. 21 to 25 at the invitation of Dariga Nazarbayeva, speaker of the Kazakh Parliament's Upper House, Nurlan Nigmatulin, speaker of the Kazakh Parliament's Lower House. (Photos: Xinhua)

Li Zhanshu, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of China, holds talks with Dariga Nazarbayeva, speaker of the Kazakh parliament's upper house, in Kazakhstan, Sept. 23, 2019. Li paid an official goodwill visit to Kazakhstan from Sept. 21 to 25 at the invitation of Dariga Nazarbayeva, speaker of the Kazakh Parliament's Upper House, Nurlan Nigmatulin, speaker of the Kazakh Parliament's Lower House.

Li Zhanshu, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of China, and Kazakh Prime Minister Askar Mamin attend the opening ceremony of the China Construction Bank's Astana office in Kazakhstan, Sept. 23, 2019. Li paid an official goodwill visit to Kazakhstan from Sept. 21 to 25 at the invitation of Dariga Nazarbayeva, speaker of the Kazakh Parliament's Upper House, Nurlan Nigmatulin, speaker of the Kazakh Parliament's Lower House.

Li Zhanshu, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of China, meets with Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, in Kazakhstan, Sept. 22, 2019. Li paid an official goodwill visit to Kazakhstan from Sept. 21 to 25 at the invitation of Dariga Nazarbayeva, speaker of the Kazakh Parliament's Upper House, Nurlan Nigmatulin, speaker of the Kazakh Parliament's Lower House.

Li Zhanshu, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of China, holds talks with Nurlan Nigmatulin, speaker of the Kazakh parliament's lower house, in Kazakhstan, Sept. 22, 2019. Li paid an official goodwill visit to Kazakhstan from Sept. 21 to 25 at the invitation of Dariga Nazarbayeva, speaker of the Kazakh Parliament's Upper House, Nurlan Nigmatulin, speaker of the Kazakh Parliament's Lower House.