Hong Kong Universities Forge Ties with Kazakhstan's Nazarbayev University
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- Hong Kong's Chief Executive John Lee led a delegation to Kazakhstan, witnessing partnership agreements between Hong Kong universities and Nazarbayev University.
- The move aims to deepen academic collaboration and strengthen ties, building on the Belt and Road Initiative.
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Two universities in Hong Kong have signed partnership agreements with a leading varsity in Kazakhstan in a move lauded by the city leader as deepening academic collaboration and strengthening people-to-people ties between the two places.
The 70-strong delegation led by Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu to explore business opportunities in Central Asia on Wednesday visited Nazarbayev University, where Chinese President Xi Jinping first announced the Belt and Road Initiative more than a decade ago.
During a state visit to Kazakhstan in 2013, Xi proposed building an “economic belt” along the ancient Silk Road, a concept that later evolved into the belt and road plan, Beijing’s high-profile transcontinental infrastructure and investment project.
Lee said the initiative had since reshaped global cooperation in terms of policy coordination, infrastructure connectivity, free trade and financial integration.
“More than a decade on, the foundations laid here are delivering rewarding results: new trade corridors, stronger financial flows and a clearer recognition that shared prosperity is the most sustainable path forward,” he said.
Lee underscored the importance of education in paving the way to “lasting prosperity”, lauding the partnership between the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and Nazarbayev University last year to launch a joint bachelor of business administration programme in Eurasian business.
