On October 25, Kazakhstan celebrated its national holiday – Republic Day, and leaders of the states and heads of international organizations sent congratulatory telegrams to Kassym-Jomart Tokayev (China News Service). Kazakhstan re-established Republic Day as a national holiday after President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev put forward the proposal to revive the important date during the first National Congress this June. “The Republic Day is a bright holiday called to raise people’s spirit, strengthen statehood, our unity and solidarity. We have started building Just Kazakhstan. This high goal may be achieved only with the active participation of all Kazakhstanis that’s why the citizens are the main backbone and largest wealth of the country!” President Tokayev said in his congratulatory message to the nation. In their congratulatory messages, the UN Secretary-General as well as the Presidents of China, Russia, Turkey, France, Tajikistan, Iran and Singapore wished the Kazakh people peace, prosperity, and productive development, and also emphasized their interest in further comprehensive strategic partnership with Kazakhstan.

Leaders of political parties and governments as well as heads of state worldwide have sent congratulatory messages to Xi Jinping on his re-election as General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. (Xinhua) The Chinese people have made great development achievements thanks to the CPC’s unremitting efforts and Xi’s motivational role as the leader of the CPC, said Azat Peruashev, chairman of the Ak Zhol Democratic Party of Kazakhstan. Aibek Matkerimov, chairman of the Ata-Jurt Kyrgyzstan party, said that he believes under Xi’s leadership, China will surely achieve greater prosperity and development. “Under Xi’s leadership, the CPC will continue to lead China to continue marching forward along the journey of developing the national economy, building a harmonious society and advancing great reforms”, said the Chairman of the Democratic Party of Turkmenistan Ata Serdarov.

On October 25, Kazakh Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Mukhtar Tileuberdi attended the opening of the 15th Central Asia – Republic of Korea Cooperation Forum (CARK). (Huaxia) The event was also attended by the heads of the foreign ministries of South Korea, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, the Mayor of Busan, and representatives of interested government agencies and companies of the Forum’s participating countries. On the sidelines of the Forum, Foreign Minister of Kazakhstan Mukhtar Tileuberdi held talks with his South Korean counterpart Park Jin, during which the parties exchanged congratulations on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries and discussed topical issues of bilateral and multilateral cooperation. The meeting participants addressed cooperation in healthcare, tourism, ecology, digital technology, and economic security. Following the meeting, it is expected that the participants will adopt a joint statement by the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Central Asian States and the Republic of Korea, and announce the work plan of the CARK secretariat for 2023.

On October 18, Kazakhstan's government announced that to ensure sustained economic growth, more than 10 GW of new sources of electricity will be required by 2035. (People's Daily) As of today, there are more than 140 renewable energy facilities in the Republic of Kazakhstan with a total capacity of about 2,300 MW, and their share in the entire power generation is 3.7%. Moreover, there are plans to commission 48 additional RES objects with a total capacity of more than 850 MW over 3 years. According to the target indicators, by 2025 the share of RES in the total generation should reach 6%. Prime Minister Alikhan Smailov pointed out that the growing energy demand and the need to reduce the sector’s negative impact on the climate is a global dilemma, for the solution of which it is necessary to find a balance. According to him, although the country is witnessing renewable electricity growth, more than 80 percent of energy still comes from fossil fuels. Therefore, Kazakhstan’s government actively seeks international cooperation to accelerate the development of a new energy industry. People’s Daily notes that Chinese enterprises have always supported the development of Kazakhstan’s renewable energy industry and the China-Kazakhstan cooperation in the field of renewable energy has yielded fruitful results. Their cooperation in the new energy industry has dramatically alleviated the problem of power shortage in local areas of Kazakhstan. In addition, Kazakhstan plans to introduce “green coal” technology, by developing and implementing emission reduction and utilization technologies at coal-fired power plants.