China and Kazakhstan have collaborated extensively on the Belt and Road Initiative, particularly in the development of transportation infrastructure such as road and railway networks, which have brought considerable advantages to both countries, fostering better connectivity and shared prosperity. In 2022, the railway freight volume between China and Kazakhstan reached 23 million tons, marking a 20 percent year-on-year increase.
A standout example of such cooperation is the Dostyk-Moyinty railway (DMR) in eastern Kazakhstan, linking the Kazakh-China border crossing at Dostyk to Kazakhstan's interior.
The railway was originally built in the 1950s and is now being upgraded to add a new line to accommodate China's growing transport demand. The second railway line, which will be completed by 2025, spans 836 km. Once completed, its capacity is expected to increase fivefold.
"China is Kazakhstan's most important strategic partner and investor. Chinese investment has boosted Kazakhstan's development. Many of our cooperation projects with China are mutually beneficial," said a contractor of the construction project of the Dostyk-Moyinty railway’s second line.
China-Kazakhstan railway project boosts development of both countries
China-Kazakhstan railway project boosts development of both countries
China's top legislator Zhao Leji has stressed the importance of maintaining confidence and composure, and leveraging strength and institutional advantages to fulfill goals set in the 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-2025) and lay a solid foundation for the next five years.
Zhao, chairman of the National People's Congress Standing Committee, made the remarks during his research and investigation tour to the provinces of Jiangsu and Anhui in east China from Monday to Thursday.
Zhao, also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, stressed that the people's congresses should contribute to the country's high-quality development and social stability.
He underscored the need to uphold the Party's leadership and unswervingly follow the path of socialist rule of law with Chinese characteristics.
Legislative work should be strengthened and improved to ensure that legal norms are timely updated, comprehensive, orderly interconnected and standardized, so as to support and safeguard reform and development, he said.
Zhao stressed the importance of local legislation's practical, supplementary, and exploratory roles, and called for correct, effective, and law-based supervision to ensure the proper implementation of the Constitution and laws.
Efforts should also be made to raise public awareness and expand orderly public participation to realize whole-process people's democracy, he added.
China's top legislator calls for maintaining confidence, leveraging strength
