Kazakhstan Honored at 8th China-Eurasia Expo
Urumqi, The Gulf Observer: Kazakhstan is participating as a guest of honor in the 8th China-Eurasia Expo, according to Liu Dianxun, director of the Investment Promotion Agency of the Ministry of Commerce (MOC). The event, scheduled to be held in Urumqi, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (XUAR), was reported by media.
The Expo, themed “New Opportunities on the Silk Road, New Vitality in Eurasia,” will feature over 1,000 enterprises and companies from 50 countries and regions, alongside 30 provinces, autonomous regions, and centralized cities of China. This year, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan will be honored guests at the Expo. The event will span 140,000 square meters, divided into four major exhibition zones: investment cooperation, international exhibition, special industries, and equipment manufacturing.
Xiong Zhejia, Deputy Secretary-General of the People’s Government of XUAR, announced that the 3rd Forum of Interregional Cooperation between Kazakhstan and China will also be held in Urumqi. This forum will facilitate discussions on various topics, including foreign trade, agricultural cooperation, e-commerce, digitalization, high technology, and energy.
The China-Eurasia Expo evolved from the Urumqi Foreign Economic Relations and Trade Fair, which was held annually in Urumqi from 1992 to 2010. Since 2011, the event has been organized in its current Expo format. The 2023 Expo attracted over 1,300 enterprises from 40 countries and regions, including 25 of the world’s top 500 companies.
The current Expo is being organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Commerce, the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, and the People’s Government of XUAR.
