Economic cooperation of Kazakhstan and China in the early years of the Belt and Path Initiative implementation: an evaluation of the preliminary results

The implementation of the PRC’s large-scale Belt and Road Initiative, which coversseveral dozen countries, has been going on for several years and allows us to make some preliminary assessments of its impact on bilateral economic cooperation between Kazakhstan andChina. The article analyzes the dyna...

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Main Author: Vyacheslav Yu. Dodonov
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Language:Russian
Published: Centre of Regional Research 2019-08-01
Series:Проблемы постсоветского пространства
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Online Access:https://www.postsovietarea.com/jour/article/view/195
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description The implementation of the PRC’s large-scale Belt and Road Initiative, which coversseveral dozen countries, has been going on for several years and allows us to make some preliminary assessments of its impact on bilateral economic cooperation between Kazakhstan andChina. The article analyzes the dynamics of key indicators reflecting the main directions of thiscooperation (trade, mutual investments, external debt of Kazakhstan to the PRC) in the periodfrom 2013, when the Silk Road Economic Belt project was announced, until 2018.An analysis of mutual trade between Kazakhstan and the PRC, as well as the main areas of investment cooperation, did not reveal a significant change in the volumes of the relevant parameters during the implementation of the initiative. Moreover, in almost all the considered areas, adecrease in the intensity of cooperation is observed, which is especially noticeable when analyzing the dynamics of relative figures. The article examines the causes of these trends, examinestheir international context, and also analyzes the differences in the Kazakh and Chinese data ofbilateral cooperation.
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spelling doaj-art-425bec5fed774d8a9a9b9498b336a9cd2025-08-20T02:55:53ZrusCentre of Regional ResearchПроблемы постсоветского пространства2313-89202587-81742019-08-016212914810.24975/2313-8920-2019-6-2-129-148184Economic cooperation of Kazakhstan and China in the early years of the Belt and Path Initiative implementation: an evaluation of the preliminary resultsVyacheslav Yu. Dodonov0Kazakhstan Institute for Strategic Studies under the President of the Republic of KazakhstanThe implementation of the PRC’s large-scale Belt and Road Initiative, which coversseveral dozen countries, has been going on for several years and allows us to make some preliminary assessments of its impact on bilateral economic cooperation between Kazakhstan andChina. The article analyzes the dynamics of key indicators reflecting the main directions of thiscooperation (trade, mutual investments, external debt of Kazakhstan to the PRC) in the periodfrom 2013, when the Silk Road Economic Belt project was announced, until 2018.An analysis of mutual trade between Kazakhstan and the PRC, as well as the main areas of investment cooperation, did not reveal a significant change in the volumes of the relevant parameters during the implementation of the initiative. Moreover, in almost all the considered areas, adecrease in the intensity of cooperation is observed, which is especially noticeable when analyzing the dynamics of relative figures. The article examines the causes of these trends, examinestheir international context, and also analyzes the differences in the Kazakh and Chinese data ofbilateral cooperation.https://www.postsovietarea.com/jour/article/view/195belt and road initiativebrikazakhstan-china economic cooperationmutual tradeforeign investmentforeign debt
spellingShingle Vyacheslav Yu. Dodonov
Economic cooperation of Kazakhstan and China in the early years of the Belt and Path Initiative implementation: an evaluation of the preliminary results
Проблемы постсоветского пространства
belt and road initiative
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kazakhstan-china economic cooperation
mutual trade
foreign investment
foreign debt
title Economic cooperation of Kazakhstan and China in the early years of the Belt and Path Initiative implementation: an evaluation of the preliminary results
title_full Economic cooperation of Kazakhstan and China in the early years of the Belt and Path Initiative implementation: an evaluation of the preliminary results
title_fullStr Economic cooperation of Kazakhstan and China in the early years of the Belt and Path Initiative implementation: an evaluation of the preliminary results
title_full_unstemmed Economic cooperation of Kazakhstan and China in the early years of the Belt and Path Initiative implementation: an evaluation of the preliminary results
title_short Economic cooperation of Kazakhstan and China in the early years of the Belt and Path Initiative implementation: an evaluation of the preliminary results
title_sort economic cooperation of kazakhstan and china in the early years of the belt and path initiative implementation an evaluation of the preliminary results
topic belt and road initiative
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kazakhstan-china economic cooperation
mutual trade
foreign investment
foreign debt
url https://www.postsovietarea.com/jour/article/view/195
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