China Expands Energy and Trade Partnerships in Central Asia
Critical Data For India’s Largest Nuclear Plant Exposed In Massive Breach Eurasianet is an independent news organization that covers news from and about the South Caucasus and Central Asia, providing on-the-ground reporting and critical perspectives on… The chairman of Kazakhstan’s Atomic Energy Agency, Almassadam Satkaliyev, is on an extended tour of nuclear-power facilities in China, gaining insight into PRC management techniques covering the entire development cycle, from designing to construction to operation of such entities.
Satkaliyev visited a wide range of sites, from theTianwan nuclear plant, which is fully operational, and theXuwei nuclear facility, currently under construction, touranium mining and fuel production sitesandresearch and training entities.
He also met with Chinesegovernment officialsandtop executivesof major nuclear companies.
Satkaliyev’s tour occurred shortly after a visit to Kazakhstan by the head of China’s National Energy Administration, Wang Hongzhi.
During that visit, the two countriessigned a protocoldefining future cooperation in the nuclear energy sphere.
In 2025, Kazakhstan selected China’s National Nuclear Corp.
to build two large-scale reactors in the Central Asian nation.
The reciprocal visits of top nuclear energy officials indicate that bilateral cooperation is intensifying.
While Kyrgyzstan’s Ministry of Transportreportsthat construction of the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan (CKU) railway is moving ahead, regional governments are planning around the CKU project.
Uzbekistan and Azerbaijan, for example, have agreed toestablish a joint logistics centernear the port of Baku and plan tolaunch a joint Caspian fleetto expedite freight movement along the Middle Corridor.
Uzbekistan’s Deputy Minister of Investment, Industry and Trade, Khurram Teshabayev,explicitly linkedthe projects to the future CKU railway, arguing that it will become an increasingly important component of Eurasian supply chains.
During a recent visit to Georgia, Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev lauded the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway, which recently underwent modernization.
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