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Text/Zhan Hai
The outside world has the impression that Kazakhstan's domestic economy and politics are greatly influenced by Russia. Kazakhstan's previous rulers were largely Russia-oriented, but since 2019, when Tokayev replaced Nursultan Nazarbayev as the country's new president, Kazakhstan has begun to change.
(Tokayev showed his political wisdom after becoming president of Kazakhstan)
First of all, in terms of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, Tokayev refused to side with Russia or Ukraine, and refused to send weapons to both sides. In fact, this is only part of Kazakhstan's learning from China's diplomatic relations with a neutral and independent country.
(Kazakhstan has maintained neutrality between Russia and Ukraine)
According to the Beijing News, a few days ago, the Kazakh Embassy in China held a press conference to introduce to China the direction of Kazakhstan's reform in recent years, including economic, political and other aspects. In addition, Kazakhstan's new economic route of "optimizing the investment environment and business environment" was also introduced, and Kazakhstan took the initiative and transparently explained its economic cooperation policy to China, showing goodwill to China, and also giving its bottom line to China. The goal is also very simple: I hope that China can help take the economic express train of China and drive the economic development of Kazakhstan.
(Kazakh Ambassador to China Nuryshev explained to China at the press conference)
Kazakhstan wants to keep up with China's development of the domestic economy, the biggest obstacle comes from the country, the entire Kazakhstan economy has been deeply rooted in the influence of Russia, although Tokayev has been in power for five years, but it involves the domestic economic lifeline, which has been in the hands of the "old aristocracy" former President Nursultan Nazarbayev family. And Nazarbayev's influence is all over Kazakhstan, making it difficult for Tokayev to advance all of his "innovations". However, with the "infighting" of the Nazarbayev family in 2020, many corrupt behaviors within the family were exposed, and Tokayev took the opportunity to eliminate some of the Nazarbayev family's forces in Kazakhstan. The anti-government riots planned by the Nazarbayev family in 2022 allowed Tokayev to cut off Nazarbayev's influence in the country, and finally Tokayev finally held power, especially after being re-elected as president with an absolute majority in the 2022 election, he could finally let go of his hands and feet to carry out reforms.
(The 2022 Kazakh riots completely cut off Nazarbayev's main forces in Kazakhstan)
Tokayev also knows that Kazakhstan and Russia have a high degree of overlap with Russia in terms of economic structure and export goods, and if they continue to hug Russia's thighs, it will be difficult to develop the economy on a large scale, and they can only pick up what Russia has left. Only together with China can we better develop the economy. The domestic business environment of these Central Asian, Russian and other countries was not friendly to Chinese, whether it is at the policy level or the implementation level, Chinese companies are cautious in these countries, dare not invest too much, and are worried that the particles will not return. Now Tokayev has made a policy guarantee to China from the highest level that foreign investment, including China, is welcome, which can be regarded as clearing the worries of Chinese enterprises.
(Busy vehicles on the China-Kazakhstan border)
Now, Kazakhstan wants to embark on a fast track of economic development that is highly bound to China, and is ready to "clean the house and then invite guests", but it remains to be seen how far Kazakhstan can go in the implementation of specific policies in the future. However, judging from the "full sincerity" of the Kazakh government's disclosure this time, Kazakhstan attaches great importance to strengthening economic cooperation with China in the future.