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Eurasianet  (22 June 2026)

Sean Kearin

The head of China’s National Energy Administration, Wang Hongzhi, visited Kazakhstan to participate in the inaugural meeting of the Kazakhstan-China Joint Working Group on Cooperation in Civil Nuclear Energy. Participants approved a protocol that defines future cooperation in the nuclear energy sphere, according to a Kazakh government statement, which offered no further details. Kazakhstan has selected China’s National Nuclear Corp. to build two large-scale reactors in the Central Asian nation. Rosatom, Russia’s nuclear agency, has been tapped to build Kazakhstan’s first nuclear plant on the shores of Lake Balkhash.

The Chinese electrical appliance manufacturer Midea Group has opened a representative office in Almaty with plans to develop a local operations team and a warehouse complex, as well as build a logistics hub to serve markets throughout Central Asia, reports Forbes.kz. Until recently, Midea operated in Central Asia via a distribution network of third-party local companies.

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