November 28, 2017 in Almaty the first meeting of the Expert Club / EC / "One belt and one way" was held. The Expert Club was established with the assistance of the Research Institute for International and Regional Cooperation (II and RC / Kazakhstan-German University / KGU) and with the support of the Consulate General of the People's Republic of China in Almaty.

In the organizational meeting of the Expert Club, Sultanov B.K., director of the II and RC KGU, Zhang Wei, the Consul General of the PRC in Almaty, Konstantin Syroezhkin, the chief research officer of the KazISS under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Lesya Karataeva, the chief research officer of the KazISS under the President of Kazakhstan, Alma Sultangaliyeva Institute for Asian Studies, Adil Kaukenov, Director of the Center for Chinese Studies, Sultan Akimbekov, Director of the Institute for Oriental Studies, Galiya Movkubayeva, Director of the Eurasian Research Center of Al-Farabi KazNU and Saifulla Sapanov doctor of historical sciences, professor of the Sinology Department of Al-Farabi KazNU.

 The purpose of creating an Expert Club is:

- promoting the successful implementation of the "One Belt and One Way", as well as the joint construction of the "Economic belt of the Silk Road" by Kazakhstan and China. Also the goal of the club is to strengthen the positive image of the PRC among the population of Kazakhstan.

The priority directions of the club's activities will be to acquaint the Kazakhstani public with the main directions of the PRC's foreign and domestic policy, as well as explaining the practical benefits of implementing the "Economic belt of the Silk Road" to improve the social and economic situation of Kazakhstan.

 At the first meeting of the Expert Club, the following problems were considered: Reasons, goals and objectives of creating the EC. Proposals on the status, structure and principles of EC activity; the ideas of Chairman of the People's Republic of China Xi Jingping and his contribution to the development of China-Kazakhstan cooperation; factors of Eurasian security when creating "One Belt and One Way"; problems of cultural and humanitarian cooperation and Kazakh-Chinese cooperation in the field of education, etc.

We wish success in the work of the Expert Club "One Belt and One Way".