Abudusilimu Abulikemu

(Deputy Dean, Institute of International Economics and Trade, Xinjiang University of Finance and Economics)

Author

Abudusilimu Abulikemu, born in 1962, Uygur ethnicity, is Deputy Dean, Professor, and Master's Supervisor at the Institute of International Economics and Trade, Xinjiang University of Finance and Economics. He is a researcher at the Institute of Regional Economic Cooperation between China and Central Asia, a key research base of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region College of Humanities and Social Sciences. He is also a part-time researcher at the Institute of Central Asia Economy and Trade, Xinjiang University of Finance and Economics. His research area is the regional economic and trade cooperation between China and Central Asian nations.

Abstract

Kazakhstan is China's largest trade partner in Central Asia. Although the two nations are at different phases of economic development and have quite a gap in terms of their industrial structures, resources and trade structures, the bilateral trade between the two has entered into a rapidly developing stage since the establishment of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in 2001. The bilateral trade volume has been on constant rise, and the trade partnership becomes increasingly close. This paper studies the bilateral trade and trade structures between China and Kazakhstan over the years, and analyzes the characteristics of China-Kazakhstan trade and the changing trade structure. Based on the China-Kazakhstan trade statistics from 1992 to 2013, the paper studies the relationship between China's export volume and the improved structure of the exports to Kazakhstan. It concludes that an enduring balanced relationship exists between the growth of exports to Kazakhstan and the improved structure of such exports.