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Recently, a meeting was held at Jiangsu Central Asia Center to mark the establishment of the Nanjing office of QazTrade. Attendees include Dauren Sagidulla, head of QazTrade, Bekmukhamed, head of the Nanjing office, and Ji Tiejun, vice mayor of Nanjing, as well as representatives from the Nanjing Municipal Bureau of Commerce, the CPC Xuanwu District Committee and the district government, and Jiangsu SOHO Holdings Group.
Arman Shakkaliyev, Minister of Trade and Integration of the Republic of Kazakhstan, sent a congratulatory letter and said that Kazakhstan, to be supported by the Nanjing office, will strive to seek more and updated achievements in economic and trade cooperation and exchanges with China. An executive of Jiangsu SOHO Holdings Group and a leader from the government of Xuanwu District delivered a speech successively. The head of QazTrade presented the background, goal, operating plan and more for the establishment of the office. A ceremony marking its establishment was held that very day, and business representatives from Kazakhstan signed agreements with Jiangsu Central Asia Center on settlement in the center.
Since 2024, the Nanjing Municipal Bureau of Commerce, Xuanwu District and Jiangsu SOHO Holdings Group, meeting the requirements of the CPC Jiangsu Provincial Committee and the provincial government, have been working together to build Jiangsu Central Asia Center, an exemplary center of innovative international economic and trade cooperation for Central Asia. Moves including high-standard center construction, high-quality policy empowerment, and high-level economic and trade interaction have further broadened the space of cooperation between foreign trade enterprises in Nanjing and even Jiangsu and Central Asia.
In the next step, the Nanjing Municipal Bureau of Commerce and the government of Xuanwu District will strengthen collaboration with Jiangsu SOHO Holdings Group to introduce superior resources in data elements, large models, greenness and low carbon, cross-border e-commerce and other emerging industries for Jiangsu Central Asia Center, comprehensively improve the center’s channel advantages and industrial attractiveness, further strengthen the cooperation between foreign trade enterprises in Nanjing and countries like Kazakhstan on import of their agricultural products, mineral products and featured consumer goods, support the export of electromechanical devices, textiles, used cars and others to Central Asia, and foster new growth drivers of foreign trade, e.g. cross-border e-commerce.
