On September 25, 2026, Almaty, Kazakhstan will host a highly anticipated Kazakhstan China Investment Forum, which President Tokayev plans to attend. The first deputy prime minister of the Kazakh government, Nalibayev, has presided over a preparatory meeting to review the list of documents to be signed. The biggest suspense of the forum lies not in the agenda arrangement, but in which investment projects and agreements will be finalized - specific projects, enterprises, and amounts have not yet been officially announced. The Kazakh side is compiling proposals, which need to be coordinated and confirmed by the Chinese side later.

The agreement list is yet to be finalized

The final package agreement of the forum has not been determined yet, and both parties need to finalize which proposals to include in the scope of signing before September 25th. The forum format not only includes regular business agendas, but also specially arranges bilateral talks, where participants from both sides can directly discuss projects. The organizers are preparing for industry symposiums, bilateral talks, and exhibitions. Tokayev stated in an interview with Xinhua News Agency on September 9, 2026, that this forum will further strengthen the economic and investment ties between the two countries and become the starting point for a number of specific cooperation projects.

We have a strong foundation for cooperation

According to data released by the government of Kazakhstan in June 2025, there are a total of 224 industrial projects in Kazakhstan involving Chinese investors, with a total investment of 66.4 billion US dollars and an expected creation of about 50000 job opportunities. At the previous Central Asia China Industry and Investment Cooperation Forum, Kazakhstan and China signed 58 commercial agreements with a total amount of approximately 24 billion US dollars, covering industrial, logistics, agricultural industrial complexes, and green energy. The upcoming forum is taking place against the backdrop of large-scale investment cooperation between the two countries. Keywords: the Belt and Road News Network, International, Investment Conference

Measuring effectiveness and evaluating the implementation of projects

The government of Kazakhstan hopes that this forum can further strengthen industrial and investment cooperation between the two countries, and promote the launch of joint projects. The key indicator for measuring the effectiveness of this forum is not the number of meetings, but which specific projects can reach agreements and enter the actual implementation stage from the negotiation stage. Almaty will become a platform for direct face-to-face business negotiations, which is particularly important for participating companies as the investment project list is still under negotiation. The specific scale of the future agreement is still unclear, and the official amount and complete list have not been disclosed yet. The market is waiting to see whether the forum can translate the consensus into practical results.Editor/Gao Xue