On August 2, 2022, the Chairman of the Board Bolat Nurgaliyev met at the Institute with the Ambassador of China to Kazakhstan Zhang Xiao.

During the conversation, the Chairman briefed the Ambassador on the main activities of the Institute. The current state and prospects of political, trade, economic and humanitarian cooperation between Kazakhstan and China, as well as topical issues of interaction within the framework of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), and the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia(CICA), the China-Central Asia dialogue platform were discussed. An understanding was reached with the Ambassadorof People's Republic of China on assistance in establishing cooperation between the Institute and specialized Chinese analytical centers.