Abstract:

The article examines the main results of cooperation between Kazakhstan and China in the field of education from the moment of independence of Kazakhstan to the present. The purpose of the study is to reveal the general characteristics and features of Kazakh-Chinese ties in the field of education and to assess the importance of these ties for the further development of interstate relations between Kazakhstan and China. The scientific novelty of the study is to assess the impact on the nature of Kazakh-Chinese educational ties of the Belt and Road initiative, the Covid-19 pandemic, the decisions of the “China+Central Asia” Summit, as well as the reform of the education system in Kazakhstan and the opening of branches of Chinese universities.