Hong Kong, Kazakhstan sign MOU on transport lab, discuss low-altitude economy
Kazakhstan has signed a memorandum of understanding with Hong Kong’s transport authorities to establish a laboratory and discussed low-altitude economy initiatives to help manage traffic jams. Bakhtiyar Mukhametkaliyev, Kazakhstan’s vice-minister of artificial intelligence and digital development, told the South China Morning Post on Wednesday about discussions with the team of Hong Kong’s…
In a meeting with Hong Kong’s transport officials, Kazakhstan’s vice-minister of artificial intelligence and digital development, Bakhtiyar Mukhametkaliyev, announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to establish a joint laboratory. The discussion took place during the Belt and Road Summit in Hong Kong. Mukhametkaliyev mentioned that they also talked about low-altitude economy initiatives, which involve managing traffic congestion through innovative technologies such as drone delivery and autonomous taxis.
Hong Kong has been actively implementing such strategies, leveraging its advanced financial tools and expertise to assist Kazakhstan in addressing traffic management challenges across Central Asia. The Kazakhstan official expressed interest in collaborating with prominent Chinese artificial intelligence companies like DeepSeek, Alibaba, and Huawei Technologies.
This would enable Kazakhstan to leverage Hong Kong’s robust financial infrastructure to drive projects within the Central Asian market, which the country views as a potential economic powerhouse. At the summit, Mukhametkaliyev highlighted that Kazakhstan is offering land, electricity, and a flexible tax regime to attract technology investors.
He noted that a robotics company he met in Hong Kong had already moved its manufacturing operations to Kazakhstan in September. Additionally, Kazakhstan has embraced digital transformation, digitizing more than 1,300 government services through a QR code-based online application system, making various documents, such as official papers, licenses, and passports, accessible electronically.
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