Since the proposal of jointly building the "the Belt and Road" initiative, China and Kazakhstan have continued to deepen all-round connectivity and build a transnational cooperation network linking Eurasia with transportation and logistics as the skeleton, energy cooperation as the blood, industrial parks as the carrier, and economic and trade exhibitions as the bridge. With the relay empowerment of the two major international events and the continuous opening of the 100 billion level market, China Kazakhstan connectivity has entered a golden opportunity period of three-dimensional linkage, quality improvement and upgrading, injecting strong momentum into the high-quality joint construction of the "the Belt and Road".

As the pioneer and core hub, Kazakhstan, based on its advantageous location in the Eurasian hinterland, collaborates with China to promote the construction of four integrated channels including railways, highways, ports, and harbors. The Khorgos Altenkol railway hub on the border between China and Kazakhstan will nearly double its transport capacity this year, and the efficiency of cross-border traffic will be greatly improved; The expansion project of the Harbin section of the "Western China Western Europe" highway is accelerating, and the land transportation capacity of the Trans Caspian International Transport Corridor continues to increase; Benchmark projects such as Astana Light Rail and Caspian Sea Coastal Logistics Hub are steadily advancing, and the cross-border multimodal transport system is becoming increasingly perfect. The stable operation of the China Europe freight train South Line relies on key nodes such as Aktau Port to build an efficient logistics corridor for Chinese goods to directly reach Central Asia and radiate to Russia and Europe.

The interconnection between energy and industry continues to deepen, consolidating the hard support for cooperation. The safe and stable operation of the China Kazakhstan natural gas pipeline has become an important pillar of regional energy security; The two countries are working together to promote cooperation in areas such as oil and gas development, petrochemical equipment, green building materials, and new energy. A group of Chinese enterprises have taken root in the fields of petrochemical equipment, water supply and drainage pipes, low-carbon oil pumping, biomass energy, and environmentally friendly new materials through technology export, EPC general contracting, and park co construction, forming demonstration effects. The Atyrau Science and Technology Innovation Industrial Park relies on low-cost energy, preferential investment policies, and full industry chain support to create a model for China Kazakhstan capacity cooperation and green low-carbon transformation, and to build a closed-loop system for ecological planting, industrial transformation, green energy, and carbon sequestration finance.

Simultaneously promoting the "soft connectivity" between systems and services, unleashing the dividends of trade and investment. Kazakhstan implements a consistent investment policy for domestic and foreign investment, providing convenient support in taxation, visas, employment, and other areas. New business models such as cross-border e-commerce, overseas warehouses, and automotive industry parks are flourishing. A number of key projects of the China Kazakhstan Khorgos International Border Cooperation Center have been launched in a centralized manner. Online and offline integration and trade service linkage have promoted the upgrading of economic and trade cooperation from commodity exchange to industrial chain supply chain coordination.

Empowering the relay of two major international conferences and building a platform for interconnectivity and docking. The second "the Belt and Road" Green Sustainable Development Forum, held in Bangkok, Thailand at the end of April, focused on green materials, biomass energy, photovoltaic, carbon capture and other fields, and provided a window for China Kazakhstan green energy and low-carbon technology cooperation; The second "the Belt and Road" International Advanced Materials Conference, held in Ningbo in October, focused on intelligence, green and sustainability, promoted the transformation and global promotion of achievements in energy materials, bio based materials and green infrastructure materials, and formed an integrated service chain of "international exhibition+park landing+global market".

From the millennium Silk Road camel bells to the modern steel camel caravan, from cross-border connectivity to deep industrial integration, China Kazakhstan connectivity is expanding and extending from "hard connectivity" to "soft connectivity" and "heart connectivity". As the high-quality development of the joint construction of the "the Belt and Road" continues to advance, the three-dimensional, efficient, green and intelligent transnational connectivity network will be more perfect, providing a solid guarantee for Chinese enterprises to explore the Central Asian and Eurasian markets, and continuing to write a new chapter of the Silk Road of mutual benefit, win-win and common development.Editor/Bian Wenjun