Recently, Kazakhstan's Ambassador to China, Shahrat Nuryshev, stated in a written interview with Xinhua News Agency in Beijing that as a major trading partner of over 140 countries and regions in the world, China's development provides a strong driving force for global development and progress. In addition, Nureshev also expressed his views on bilateral relations, the "the Belt and Road" initiative, China's economic development and other issues. Nuryshev pointed out that "in 2023, the cooperation between the two countries has been closely enriched, with a series of high-level visits and bilateral cooperation indicators breaking historical records." "The bilateral trade volume between Kazakhstan and China reached 41 billion US dollars for the first time in 2023, with a bilateral railway transportation volume of over 28 million tons and nearly 30 flights per week," Nuryshev explained. In 2023, the Consulate General of the Republic of Kazakhstan in Xi'an officially opened, and both sides promoted the successful landing of the Luban Workshop in Kazakhstan. In addition, the agreement between the two countries on visa exemption has officially come into effect. Nuryshev said, "I believe that cooperation between Kazakhstan and China in politics, economy and trade, energy, transportation, investment, culture and other fields will maintain a good development trend in 2024."?? The "the Belt and Road" initiative is truly global. Nureshev believes that the "the Belt and Road" initiative has created a new platform for economic, trade and people to people and cultural cooperation between Kazakhstan and China. In the past decade, the two countries have opened the "Western Europe Western China" highway channel and the China Europe freight train railway channel, and the number of railway services passing through Kazakhstan through the China Europe freight train has exceeded 5000. Nuryshev introduced that currently, the two countries are working on building a third railway port on the Kazakhstan China border. The construction of a railway from Ayaguz (Kazakhstan) to Tacheng (China) has begun in Kazakhstan. "The the Belt and Road Initiative covers many areas of economic, trade and people to people and cultural cooperation, further consolidating the friendly exchanges between Kazakhstan and China." Nureshev said, "The the Belt and Road Initiative is truly global, and has played an effective role in responding to economic crises, pandemics, and establishing extensive commercial ties in various fields."?? New quality productivity will drive global economic growth. Nuryshev believes that the world economy continues to face many challenges and risks. "Nevertheless, the main indicators of China's economy are still steadily advancing in 2023. The Chinese government has taken timely measures to reform the economic management system, stabilize internal economic operation, and eliminate the negative impact of a large number of external factors," Nureshev said. He pointed out that China has also made breakthroughs in technological innovation fields such as new energy vehicles, renewable energy, space exploration, and artificial intelligence. "It can be said with certainty that China's national economic system has flexibility and stability in facing internal and external challenges," Nuryshev said. Nowadays, China is a powerful engine of world development and its importance in the global economy continues to increase. "In this context, the development of new productive forces and technological innovation policies implemented by the Chinese government in 2024 will become one of the driving forces for global economic growth," Nuryshev said. Nuryshev stated that he has lived in China for more than 30 years and is pleased to be an outstanding achievement in China's development during this period