May 21, 2026, Ningbo, China – The “New Opportunities on the Silk Road” Kazakhstan Economic and Trade Cooperation & Legal Services Matching Event, hosted by the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) Ningbo, was successfully held. Saitov Sakhnin, First Counselor of the Embassy of Kazakhstan in China, and Xia Qun, Vice President of CCPIT Ningbo, attended the event and delivered speeches. Over 60 representatives of foreign trade enterprises from Ningbo and surrounding areas participated. As a supporting institution for this Chinese government event, ALT University was represented by Lu Yizhen, Director of the China Office, who delivered a keynote speech, highlighted the university’s resource advantages, and advanced China-Kazakhstan integration of industry and education as well as industrial cooperation.
During the event, Saitov Sakhnin, First Counselor of the Embassy of Kazakhstan in China, stated in his speech that as permanent comprehensive strategic partners, China and Kazakhstan have deepened economic and trade cooperation continuously, with China being Kazakhstan’s largest trade and investment partner. Currently, Kazakhstan is accelerating economic transformation, unlocking new development opportunities in logistics and transportation, industrial manufacturing, cross-border e-commerce and other sectors. He expressed anticipation for deeper collaboration between Chinese and Kazakh universities and enterprises to cultivate talents and build bridges for bilateral industrial cooperation.
Xia Qun, Vice President of CCPIT Ningbo, noted that Ningbo, a major foreign trade city in China, boasts strong complementarity with Kazakhstan in logistics infrastructure, equipment manufacturing and other fields. Ningbo will continue to build platforms for government-enterprise-university engagement to elevate bilateral cooperation.
Lu Yizhen, Director of ALT University’s China Office, introduced that Almaty, located in southeastern Kazakhstan, is the country’s economic heart, education and science hub, and transportation nexus. It is also Central Asia’s largest, most open and internationally renowned core city. ALT University is a top national engineering university in Kazakhstan, home to a Luban Workshop that advances China-Kazakhstan technical cooperation in transportation infrastructure and intelligent manufacturing. As a benchmark institution in Kazakhstan’s transportation infrastructure and cross-border logistics sectors, ALT University undertakes the critical mission of cultivating core technical talents in transportation, logistics, intelligent manufacturing and related fields for Kazakhstan and the broader Central Asian region.
As Director of the China Office, Lu Yizhen oversees all aspects of the university’s China-based initiatives, including educational exchanges, institutional cooperation agreements, scientific research collaboration, industry-education integration and business center coordination. She highlighted the university’s strengths in cross-border logistics, rail transit, new energy transportation, intelligent manufacturing and international talent development, and elaborated on the dual-system industry-education integration “Three-in-One” model co-developed by the university. This model establishes an implementation framework of “education aligned with production, industry and education advancing together” through three core platforms:
– Belt and Road Technology Research Institute (R&D LAB)
An applied scientific research cooperation platform under ALT University’s China Office. It addresses technical pain points and digitalization needs in cross-border industrial cooperation, conducting technical standard adaptation, applied research and validation. It delivers localized solution design and technical empowerment support for enterprises entering Kazakhstan and Central Asian markets. The platform fosters a collaborative “technology + industry + policy” system, reducing technical and compliance risks for overseas business expansion and driving China-Kazakhstan cooperation from trade exchanges to in-depth industrial chain integration.
– Belt and Road Education Center
An educational bridge under ALT University’s China Office. Positioned as a “two-way education and cultural hub”, it leverages the university’s resources to provide Chinese students with one-stop study-abroad services from application planning to overseas enrollment. It also promotes strategic agreements, faculty-student exchanges and joint curriculum development between ALT University and Chinese universities, building a two-way talent exchange platform and setting a benchmark for international education cooperation emphasizing both “bringing in” and “going global”.
– Belt and Road Business Service Center
ALT University’s official business service platform for Belt and Road enterprises. Guided by the philosophy of “full-process empowerment and commercial implementation”, it offers one-stop overseas expansion solutions for enterprises from strategic planning to localized operation. Drawing on the university’s industrial resources in Kazakhstan and group service experience, it integrates domestic and international resources from universities, law firms, accounting firms, logistics and marketing channels. It supports enterprises in full-link implementation, including compliant registration, fiscal and tax services, logistics and warehousing, market connection and brand promotion, enabling efficient integration into the Central Asian market and sustainable long-term development.
Moving forward, ALT University will continue to deepen industry-education integration and industrial cooperation with China. Through its China Office, the university will build a bridge for coordinated development between China and Kazakhstan in education, science and technology, and commerce. It aims to cultivate more high-caliber talents for China-Kazakhstan economic and trade cooperation, support the high-quality development of the China-Kazakhstan Belt and Road Initiative, and jointly create new opportunities for Silk Road cooperation.
