市委外办主任曹赛先会见哈萨克斯坦阿拉木图市代表团 Director General Cao Saixian Meets with Kazakh Almaty Delegation

　　3月12日，市委外办主任曹赛先会见了由哈萨克斯坦阿拉木图市数字化局局长扎纳别克·奥尔扎斯（Zhanabek Olzhas）、能源与供水局局长马利巴耶夫·塔尔加特（Malybayev Talgat）、城市交通局副局长阿布扎汗·叶尔努尔（Abzhakhan Yernur）和城市规划和城市学局副局长苏列缅诺夫·巴特尔汗（Suleimenov Batyrkhan）等组成的代表团。

　　On March 12, Shenzhen Foreign Affairs Office Director General Cao Saixian met with the visiting Almaty’s delegation comprising Head of Digitalization Department Zhanabek Olzhas, Head of Department of Energy and Water Supply Malybayev Talgat, Deputy Head of Urban Mobility Department Abzhakhan Yernur, and Deputy Head of Department of Urban Planning and Urbanistics Suleimenov Batyrkhan.

　　曹主任对扎纳别克局长一行访深表示欢迎，简要介绍了深圳经济社会发展最新情况。曹主任谈到，哈萨克斯坦是“丝绸之路经济带”的首倡地。阿拉木图和深圳是友好交流城市，两地在共建“一带一路”国际合作中潜力巨大。深圳正积极落实两国元首重要共识，着力加强各渠道、各层级交往交流，深化互学互鉴，助力两国共同发展繁荣。去年，阿拉木图市数字化局原局长巴扬访问深圳，取得圆满成功。今年，扎纳别克局长将深圳作为访华的首站，充分体现了阿拉木图重视与深圳开展两地合作。深圳愿同阿拉木图分享各领域的发展经验和最佳做法。

　　Director General Cao welcomed the delegation and briefed on the latest socioeconomic developments of Shenzhen. She said, Kazakhstan is the birthplace of the “Silk Road Economic Belt”. Almaty and Shenzhen are friendship cities, promising greater potential in the international cooperation on joint development of the “Belt and Road”. Shenzhen is now acting upon the important consensus reached by leaders of China and Kazakhstan by enhancing exchanges on different levels through various channels and deepening mutual learning, so as to contribute to the common development and prosperity of the two countries. Last year, former Head of Digitalization Department of Almaty City had a successful visit to Shenzhen, and the current head of the same department chooses Shenzhen as the first stop of his visit to China, fully demonstrating that Almaty values its cooperation with Shenzhen. The city of Shenzhen stands ready to share with Almaty its development experience and best practices across different sectors.

　　扎纳别克局长对曹主任的热情接待表示感谢。他表示，深圳的发展成就令人印象深刻，阿拉木图和深圳合作基础良好。希望在市委外办的支持下，双方进一步加强在智慧城市、科技创新、产业发展等领域交流合作。

　　Mr. Zhanabek thanked Director General Cao for her hospitality. He said, Shenzhen has achieved impressive development success, and the two cities enjoy a solid basis for cooperation. He continued that with the support of Shenzhen FAO, both sides could cement the exchanges and cooperation in such fields as smart city, technological innovation, and industrial development.

　　市委外办副主任钟嘉俊参加会见。

　　Deputy Director General Zhong Jiajun attended the event.

　　代表团此次还访问了腾讯、浪潮、深智城等高科技企业和大公坊众创空间，并赴环境水务集团和能源集团开展业务交流和对接。

　　The delegation has also visited local high-tech enterprises including Tencent, Inspur and Shenzhen Smart City Group and iMakerbase, a mass innovation space, and go to Shenzhen Water and Environment Group and Shenzhen Energy Group for business exchanges and match-making.