On February 23, the Kazakhstan business delegation, which was headed by Ye Erjiang Alde Kekov, Chairman of Supervisory Committee of Kazakhstan Transportation and Investment Co., Ltd., conducted an inspection on the business investment environment of Yichang.

　　Liu Zhenhua, the Director of the Bureau of Commerce in Yichang, introduced the economic and trade developments in Yichang to the delegation. Then the delegation of Kazakhstan introduced the special economic zone of “The Gate of the East – Khorgos” to the related personnel of Yichang and sincerely invited the enterprises of Yichang to invest in Kazakhstan.

　　In recent years, the Yichang City has developed export-oriented economy so vigorously that all of its economic indicators are ranked the forefront in the lists of Hubei Province. At present, under the guidance of China’s “B&R” strategy, the Yichang Municipal Government takes effective measures to help the enterprises to “go out”, particularly to strengthen economic and trade cooperation with the countries along the Belt and Road. Forty-eight enterprises in Yichang have established cooperation with more than 20 countries and regions scattering in Europe, Asia, Africa and Latin America, covering high-end manufacturing, bio-medicine, construction, modern agriculture, foreign trade and other fields Recently, three companies in Yichang, namely, Gezhouba, Kelisen and Yanshi, have made investment in Kazakhstan. (Correspondent Zhang Zhi; reporter Yao Dingan)