As part of the implementation of the Prime Minister's instruction to support domestic production, Deputy Prime Minister Serik Zhumangarin visited Shymkent on 1 May, where he got acquainted with the progress of construction and operation of existing large production and agricultural facilities.
The average price index for social food products in the Republic of Kazakhstan decreased by 0.1% during the week. The key role in this was played by regional stabfonds, which began to form stocks of products since last year instead of purchasing socially important food products under ‘revolving schemes’.
Issues of updating the Comprehensive Development Plan of Mangystau region for 2021-2025 were discussed in the Government under the chairmanship of Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan Serik Zhumangarin.
On 28 March 2024, Deputy Prime Minister Serik Zhumangarin held a regular monthly meeting on preparations for locust control.
Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Serik Zhumangarin and Chairman of the People's Government of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China Erkin Tuniyaz discussed cooperation in agriculture and the introduction of water-saving technologies that increase productivity in the industry from 30 to 70%.
On the instructions of the Head of the Government Olzhas Bektenov regarding the containment of price growth, Deputy Prime Minister Serik Zhumangarin held an extended meeting with representatives of government agencies and akimats involved in the implementation of a set of measures to control and reduce inflation.
To reformat the work and provide the population of the regions with pastures is the task of the Commission for the withdrawal of unused and irregularly issued lands for 2024. What has been done in this direction and what is planned was discussed at the regular meeting of the Commission chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Serik Zhumangarin.
The results of work to contain prices for socially important food products in 2023 were summarized in the Government at a meeting chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Serik Zhumangarin.
The construction of a new waste dump of Kazphosphate LLP and the enrichment plant of Kazakhmys LLP has been suspended in court, among the major enterprises also Ferum Fluor LLP, Shymkent Temir and others. This was announced at the Government session by Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources Yerlan Nysanbayev.
On December 25, 2023, on the margins of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council in St. Petersburg, a free trade agreement was signed between the Eurasian Economic Union and its member states on the one hand and the Islamic Republic of Iran on the other.
The work carried out in 2023 to stabilize prices for basic foodstuffs was considered at a meeting in the Government.
How to produce meat cheaper than three dollars per 1 kg live weight? This question and production-related topics were discussed by members of the Kazakh delegation during a visit to two large cattle and sheep feedlots in Australia. The group of businessmen, agricultural specialists and officials was led by Deputy Prime Minister Serik Zhumangarin.
Food security, climate change, global crises and the need for inter-country cooperation were the main messages of the 8th Ministerial Conference of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on Food Security and Agricultural Development, as well as the 6th General Assembly of the Islamic Organization for Food Security (IOFS), held on 2-3 October 2023 in Doha, Qatar. Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan Serik Zhumangarin participated in the meetings of Islamic states.
From August 17 to 21 in Urumqi city of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China the international exhibition China-Eurasia Commodity and Trade is held. The exhibition center presents the products of 40 Kazakhstan commodity producers.
The round table was held in Shenzhen on August 13, 2023, where the Kazakhstan delegation focused on the development of cooperation with major businessmen, representatives of companies included in the top ratings of suppliers of technologies, goods, services in China, as well as with global exporters in the field of agriculture, logistics and transport.
Over 200 businessmen from Shenzhen, the largest economic and industrial center of the PRC, participated in the first Kazakhstan-China Business Forum on August 14, 2023. The event, organized jointly by the Kazakhstan-China Trade Promotion Association and Zshenzhen Cross Supply Service Association, brought together potential Chinese investors to learn about investment opportunities in Kazakhstan.
