On the evening of August 30, President Xi Jinping met at the Tianjin Guest House with President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, who is in China for the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Summit 2025 and the Commemoration of the 80th Anniversary of the Victory of the Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War.

President Xi pointed out that China and Kazakhstan are strategic partners that can trust and count on each other. No matter how the international landscape evolves, the two sides should stay committed to the overarching policy of good-neighborliness and friendship, the guiding principle of openness and win-win cooperation, and the overall direction of jointly building a community with a shared future. The two sides should firmly support each other on issues concerning their respective core interests and major concerns, consolidate and expand all-round cooperation, and bring China-Kazakhstan relations to new heights.

President Xi emphasized that the two countries should further synergize their development strategies, explore more converging interests and new areas of growth in cooperation; consolidate energy cooperation as the foundation，and deepen cooperation on connectivity, especially advancing hard connectivity of infrastructure and soft connectivity of policies and mechanisms; continue to promote people-to-people exchanges, and ensure the success of the China-Kazakhstan year of cultural exchange; step up multilateral coordination, consolidate and strengthen the SCO, jointly safeguard the international system with the United Nations at its core, and work for a more just and equitable international order.

President Tokayev noted that China, during its SCO presidency, performed its duties effectively. Kazakhstan had actively participated in all agenda items and is ready to work closely with China to ensure the success of the upcoming SCO Summit. He extended congratulations on the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, noting that the Chinese people made a significant historical contribution to the victory of the World Anti-Fascist War and demonstrated extraordinary courage and patriotism. He said that Kazakhstan-China relations are at the highest level ever. Bilateral trade reached a new record last year, and major cooperation projects are progressing smoothly. Kazakhstan stands ready to work with China to continue to deepen practical cooperation and enhance people-to-people exchanges, to take bilateral relations to an even higher level.

During the meeting, the two heads of state witnessed the announcement of more than 20 bilateral cooperation documents in areas such as alignment of development strategies, energy, science and technology, housing and urban development, education, sports, and wildlife protection, and the unveiling of two new Luban Workshops in Kazakhstan.

Cai Qi, Wang Yi, Chen Min’er, among others, were present at the meeting.