Kazakhstan has critical minerals and cheap electricity, and this year signed a data center deal with Nvidia worth up to $10 billion; in 2025, China's direct investment in Kazakhstan also hit a new high of $2.8 billion.
A Chinese electric vehicle owner drove from Zhengzhou to Paris. Shortly after the vehicle crossed the border into Kazakhstan, it was remotely locked by the manufacturer and could no longer be driven.
In the late night of June 26, 2026, Kazakh police searched the home of and took away Batikhan, sister of Atajurt founder Serikjan, ruling that she be held in custody for 10 days on suspicion of fraud; lawyers and human rights groups accused the move of being carried out under political pressure from the Chinese side to suppress overseas voices.
China and Kazakhstan signed a strategic framework for cooperation, proposing the joint construction of an intermodal waterway corridor.
China and Kazakhstan signed a memorandum on waterway cooperation, involving the advancement of related water transport corridor construction.