On December 11, Kazakhstan's Almaty Investment and Business Forum was held in Almaty, hosted by the Almaty Regional Development Center, to strengthen international economic and trade exchanges and cooperation and further promote investment in the Almaty region. Gui Tongsheng, Party Secretary and Chairman of China Gezhouba Cement Company, and Yang Dan, Deputy Party Secretary and General Manager, were invited to attend the forum.
Gui Tongsheng was invited to deliver a keynote speech at the "Entrepreneur Group Discussion". He said that China Gezhouba Cement Company has been faithfully implementing the "the Belt and Road" initiative, vigorously implementing the "internationalization" development strategy, strengthening international capacity cooperation, and has always regarded Central Asia, especially Kazakhstan, as an important investment area. Since Xili Cement Project was completed and put into operation, the company and its affiliated enterprises have actively fulfilled their economic and social responsibilities. With the support of governments at all levels, friends from all walks of life and customers, the company has rapidly become the first brand in Kazakhstan's cement industry, made positive contributions to regional economic and social development, and won many awards from the government. He pointed out that the Almaty state government has always paid attention to creating a favorable investment environment, committed to providing precise and pragmatic policy support for the investment and development of enterprises, and the company is willing to join hands with the state government and friends of entrepreneurs, adhering to the principle of "the government has needs, can build advantages, both sides have consensus, cooperation and win-win", and continue to cultivate Kazakhstan. Deeply carry out multi-level, multi-channel and multi-form pragmatic cooperation, create more cooperation models, and make positive contributions to creating a new golden 30 years of China-Kazakhstan relations. During the
forum, Gui Tongsheng and Yang Dan had friendly and in-depth exchanges with the governor of Almaty, Marte Suldan Gaziyev. Gezhouba Cement signed a memorandum of cooperation with Almaty. Yang Dan, deputy party secretary and general manager of Gezhouba Cement, was interviewed by CGTN. Wu Zude, member of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee and deputy general manager
of Gezhouba Cement, and relevant persons in charge of the office, international business department and Xili Company participated in the event.