Kazakhstan's 9th Global Investment Roundtable Held in Shymkent

The IX Kazakhstan Global Investment Roundtable was held in Shymkent. According to Khabar 24, more than 500 investors and business representatives from over 40 countries took part.

Prime Minister Olzhas Bektenov presented the country's investment opportunities to participants. Priorities include the processing and chemical industries, agro-processing, digitalisation and the development of transport engineering.

Bektenov also highlighted the creation of new production facilities and the deep processing of raw materials. He said that over the years of independence, Kazakhstan has attracted nearly half a trillion dollars in foreign direct investment, including more than 100 billion dollars in the last five years alone.