CHINA-KAZAKHSTAN ECONOMIC RELATIONS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE "ONE BELT, ONE ROAD" INITIATIVE
Nowadays, on the account of rapidly changing conditions of the world’s economy, developing countries and their economic strategies are generating special interest. Regional integration is an essential step in the process of economic globalization. Currently, countries of Central Asia are creating joint projects of an impressive scale, and one of the most vivid example is the Chinese “One Belt, One Road” initiative. Together with the Kazakhstan’s “Nurly Zhol” project, this line of collective cooperation is exerting an increasingly growing influence not only on the Kazakhstan’s economy, but also on the economic trends of all Central Asian countries. The author conducted an original analysis of the positioning for modern economic comp o-nent in China-Kazakhstan relations, examined the nature of its influence on the development of Kazakhstan’ s economy and further prospects for cooperation in this direction.