CURRENT STATUS AND CHALLENGES TO OIL-GAS COOPERATION BETWEEN CHINA AND KAZAKHSTAN

As geographically neighboring countries, China and Kazakhstan share a lot of common strategic interests. From the viewpoint of sustainable economic development of the region, it is of significance to strengthen the cooperation between the two countries in particular in the field of oil-gas resources. Challenges and future development trend of the cooperation are discussed. It is concluded that the cooperation as such should be further strengthened in the utmost benefit of the two countries.