About some issues of the development of the city of Alatau

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 activity of international importance based on the accumulated potential of the Almaty agglomeration, DECREE:

1. To assign the city of Alatau a special status of a city of advanced development (hereinafter referred to as the special status).

2. To determine the main direction and content of the special status:

1. 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;

2. 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;

3. 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.

3. To establish the Council for the development of the Alatau city (hereinafter referred to as the Council) in accordance with the annex to this Decree.

4. To define the following powers of the Council:

1. 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;

2. 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;

3. resolution of other issues arising from this Decree and the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

President Of the Republic of Kazakhstan

K.Tokayev

Astana, Akorda, September 26, 2025

№ 1015

 

APPENDIX

to the Decree of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan

dated September 26, 2025

No. 1015

 

 

COMPOSITION

of the Council for the Development of the City of Alatau

Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Chairman

Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan, coordinating regional policy issues, Deputy Chairman

Wong Heang Fine, Deputy Chairman (by agreement)

Vice Minister of National Economy of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Secretary

Minister of Finance of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Chairman of the National Bank of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Mayor of Almaty

Mayor of Almaty Region

Manager of the Astana International Financial Center

Kim Vyacheslav Konstantinovich (as agreed)

Tskhay Yuriy Andreevich (as agreed)

Zhamishev Bolat Bidakhmetovich (as agreed)

Dobbs Harry William (as agreed)

Link to the decree: О некоторых вопросах развития города Алатау — Официальный сайт Президента Республики Казахстан

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