On April 9, the China General Chamber of Commerce in Kazakhstan held the 2024 re-election conference and reception in Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan.Chinese Ambassador to Kazakhstan Zhang Xiao, Minister Counselor Su Yu, and representatives of member companies attended the event.During the conference, China Construction Bank Astana Branch was elected as the chairman unit, and Wang Songhua, general manager of the branch, served as chairman.Su Yu said that the China General Chamber of Commerce will become the home of Chinese-funded enterprises, build a platform for exchanges and cooperation between the business communities of China and Kazakhstan, and at the same time open channels for enterprises to express their demands. He believes that under the leadership of Chairman Wang Songhua, the China General Chamber of Commerce will give full play to Provide services, build platforms, and reflect demands, work with Chinese-funded enterprises to promote the healthy and stable development of China-Kazakhstan relations, and make new contributions to the high-quality joint construction of the "Belt and Road".The China General Chamber of Commerce will also usher in the second golden thirty years of high-quality development of China-Kazakhstan economic and trade cooperation with a new look.Wang Songhua said that economic and trade exchanges between China and Kazakhstan have achieved remarkable results in 2023, with the trade volume between the two countries reaching US$41 billion, a year-on-year increase of 32%.The China General Chamber of Commerce will actively seize opportunities, provide good services, explore a chamber of commerce working model that is in line with the actual conditions of the two countries, and make efforts for practical cooperation and high-quality development of China and Kazakhstan in jointly building the “Belt and Road”.During the meeting, all member companies also voted to adopt the first (December 2020 to May 2023) financial audit report of the General Chamber of Commerce, the revised terms of the General Chamber of Commerce Charter and the new membership fee standards, and elected a new General Chamber of Commerce Council.(Reporter Li Qiang)
