Sep 26, 2025
On September 26,
2025, President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev signed a Decree granting
the Alatau city a special status, Akorda reported.
"In order
to stimulate the sustainable growth of the innovation—oriented economy of the
Republic of Kazakhstan, attract investments in high-tech industries and form a
regional center for business and innovation activities of international
importance based on the accumulated potential of the Almaty agglomeration, I
decree: to give the city of Alatau a special status of a city of advanced
development," the decree says.
The special status assumes:
·
formation
of a special institutional environment that ensures accelerated socio-economic
development of the city of Alatau through investments in growing and new
business sectors and the introduction of innovations in various fields of
activity;
·
providing
a high-quality of new level of institutional framework for attracting and
protecting any private investment in the development of the city of Alatau;
·
the
application of leading international approaches and practices in the management
of the city of Alatau, including in the context of the functioning of the
special economic zone.
The Council for the development of the
city of Alatau will be established with the following powers:
·
coordination
and approval of documents on attracting investments, developing business
activity and innovation in the Alatau city, as well as other documents related
to its special status;
·
making
decisions on attracting investments, developing business activity and
innovation in the Alatau city, as well as other issues related to its special
status, which are mandatory for central and local government agencies;
·
resolution
of other issues arising from this Decree and the legislation of the Republic of
Kazakhstan.
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