CHINA-KAZAKHSTAN TRANSPORT COOPERATION AS THE FACTOR OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE TO COUNTRIES
Nowadays China is promoting the idea of reviving the Silk Road, which will connect Asian markets with Western markets and, in addition, to create an extensive developed transport infrastructure in the region. Thereby, the bilateral transport cooperation between the People's Republic of China and the Republic of Kazakhstan increases in importance due to the fact that the PRC continuously increases the demand for transportation to Kazakhstan and transit through Kazakhstan to Europe. Therefore, Kazakhstan is considered by the People's Republic of China as its main partner with a promising transit potential in the Central Asian region, which is also interested in the revival of the Silk Road. The purpose of this research is to analyze the China- Kazakhstan transport cooperation and to identify tvery prospects for further development of this partnership within the framework of the projects «Economic belt of the Silk Road» and «Nurly Zhol - Path to the future».