On June 26, 2026, a meeting in Astana once again tied the names of global power battery leaders and Central Asian resource rich countries together - Kazakhstan's First Deputy Prime Minister Nalbayev personally took over the cooperation list submitted by the CATL delegation, from mineral deep processing to waste battery recycling. This full chain map covering the upstream and downstream of new energy is gradually being nailed to the field of China Kazakhstan industry.

The direction of full chain cooperation has been finalized

At the meeting table, both sides did not bend around and directly expanded their cooperation to four main lines: deep processing of minerals, battery manufacturing, energy storage production, and recycling of waste batteries. Harbin's attitude is clear - foreign investment projects in high-tech and high value-added manufacturing provide policies, mechanisms, and long-term stability. CATL has also received the signal, and investment docking continues to deepen. Joint projects need to be launched.

Central Asian resources in hand

Kazakhstan holds key lithium battery minerals in its hands, with a good reputation in the upstream market, but it becomes timid as it moves down: high-end batteries cannot be produced, energy storage facilities cannot keep up, the recycling system is still blank, and most resources are sent out in the form of raw materials, leaving little room for added value. In the past two years, the local government has been in a hurry to find top manufacturing companies to come in and turn "selling ore" into "doing industry". The accelerator of the new energy transformation has been stepped on, and what is lacking is people who can fill the entire chain. Keywords: the Belt and Road news, mineral deep processing, battery, energy storage

Leading the way out to sea again

In 2026, CATL's battery sales reached 661GWh, with a revenue of 62.2 billion US dollars and a net profit of 10.6 billion US dollars. Its market share in power batteries and energy storage batteries ranked first in the world for nine and five consecutive years, respectively. This time in Kazakhstan, we can leverage mineral resources to reduce costs and establish overseas full chain production bases; For Hafang, the gap in green high-end manufacturing has been filled, and the resource advantage finally has the opportunity to be converted into industrial and economic accounts. The map of China's new energy going global has pushed one more step towards Central Asia.Editor/Gao Xue