Outcome of the visit to China

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Kazakhstan delegation led by Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan – the Minister of Agriculture Askar Myrzakhmetov conducted a working trip to China. The delegation of NCE RK "Atameken" was represented by Deputy Chairman of the Board Nurzhan Altaev. During the visit, they discussed ways of implementing a number of agreements on lifting restrictions and barrier-free access of Kazakh agricultural products to the Chinese market. In particular, Kazakh producers have the opportunity to export wheat bran to the Chinese market. In addition, in April this year, the Chinese side will inspect the system of lamb meat production, which will make it possible to lift the restriction for the import of Kazakh lamb into China in the second half of 2017. China annually imports food for more than 115 billion US dollars, ranking third in the world, including one million tons of meat products. The practical potential of Kazakhstan for the export of lamb is 360 thousand tons per year. Both sides will speed up the procedures for coordinating the draft protocols of veterinary and phyto-sanitary requirements for export from the RK to the PRC for 34 commodity groups, including bee honey. Cooperatives created in Almaty, East Kazakhstan regions are waiting for this decision. During the visit, a large meeting was organized on the topic "China-Kazakhstan cooperation in the field of trade of agricultural and food products", - to which the Chinese Committee for the Promotion of International Trade, a partner of the Foreign Trade Chamber of Kazakhstan, invited 86 representatives of the largest trade and procurement companies and companies working with food products. Among them, processing enterprises of the food industry and they are primarily interested in removing restrictions on the import of Kazakh agricultural products. Because these companies expressed interest in purchasing Kazakhstani products, especially meat, legumes, oilseeds and vegetable oil. The question of investment by Chinese business investments and the establishment of joint ventures for the production and provision of food China was very important in the negotiation process. To resolve the issues of this direction, agreements were signed with the “One Belt One Road” investment fund, representatives of Shandong Hi-speed Group Co., Ltd., and with the Association of Chinese and Foreign Businessmen of the People's Republic of China, which includes more than 80,000 Chinese Companies. Representatives of NCE also visited the office of one of the largest companies of electronic cross-border commerce "OBOR Cloud". The Kazakh side received a proposal for cooperation on improving electronic trade arrangements between licensing procedures. As a result of the second part of the agenda. At the EXPO-2017, business delegations from 23 provinces of the People's Republic of China will come to Kazakhstan with more than 2000 entrepreneurs. A separate business forum will be organized for each of them. The largest business holding of China Jiangsu Muyang Holdings, also became interested in purchasing food products, trade and logistics. In addition, Chinese entrepreneurs have voiced a new direction of cooperation in the field of agro-industrial complex to grow a new pear variety, as well as a licorice root for the production of medical products. As a result of the meetings, by 15^th of April, NCE RK Atamaken will develop a joint plan of cooperation activities with each company. The result of the two-day talks was a number of signed agreements of NCE RK "Atameken": 1. A memorandum on the establishment of a joint association with NCE RK "Atameken" was signed with the President of the Union of Associations of Chinese and Foreign Entrepreneurs, Ten Hesyan for the consolidation of entrepreneurs of the two countries; 2. Mu Yang Corporation (the fifth largest company in China in the sphere of agro-industrial complex) it is ready to supply modern agricultural machinery, finance projects in Almaty, Akmola, Kostanay regions, North Kazakhstan region; 3. Xingjiang Delong Corporation (a large company in the XUAR in the field of agriculture), a fund will be established to finance the agro-industrial complex projects included in the Regional Development Map; 4. A memorandum of mutually beneficial cooperation in the implementation of PPP projects was signed with Corporation Shandong Hi-speed Group Co. Ltd. (among ten largest companies in the world for the construction of infrastructure facilities).