May 29, 2025
Deputy Prime
Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kanat Bozumbayev announced during the
Astana International Forum that the new city of Alatau will be given a special
status, Kazinform agency correspondent reports.
According to
him, the General Plan of the city of Alatau was approved last year. Its
adjustment continues today.
— Because life
does not stand still. We have 36 new investment projects in our pipeline. 14 of
them are in the active phase, with investments of about $2 billion and over
20,000 jobs. In addition, by planting these companies on already properly
planned territories, allocating the necessary land for these companies, we will
complete the adjustment of the General Plan in June, it will be additionally
approved, Kanat Bozumbayev said.
He noted that in
the summer, the development of detailed planning projects for each district and
microdistrict, the development of design and estimate documentation, the first
buildings and structures will begin.
— Besides, this
is not just a SEZ, we assume that the city of Alatau should receive a special
status. We need to attract foreign investment. We all know that for the second
year in a row, FDI in Kazakhstan has been showing an outflow of almost.
Therefore, this is one of the points of growth, the city of Alatau, where we
can turn the situation around, said the Deputy Prime Minister.
For this
purpose, the Akimat and the Caspian Group signed an agreement with an important
consulting institute in China, CRDI, which was at the origin of the success of
the city of Shenzhen.
— Now active
work with them continues. We hope to have a special status concept by the fall.
It is important that we create the best conditions for investors from Southeast
Asia, so that they are comfortable, so that we can work. There is also a
visa-free regime, the possibility for foreign citizens to purchase real estate
in the city. We are currently working, Kanat Bozumbayev added.
Earlier, Prime
Minister of Kazakhstan Olzhas Bektenov, during a working trip to the Almaty
region, heard the akim of Alatau on the implementation of "anchor"
projects in the territory of the Special Economic Zone of the same name.
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