In Shymkent, Kazakhstan's third largest city, with the implementation of the modernization of the Shymkent Refinery, a key cooperation project of the China-Kazakhstan Belt and Road cooperation, the refinery, which was built in the 1970s, has gained new vitality, improved local employment, and become a model of China-Kazakhstan cooperation in the Belt and Road and a pearl on the new Silk Road. The reporter walked into this modern and environmentally friendly new refinery to show you the new achievements of China-Kazakhstan cooperation in the field of energy!

Shymkent, an important city in southern Kazakhstan, was once a post on the ancient Silk Road and witnessed the history of friendly exchanges between the people of China and Central Asia. Today, thanks to the modernization of the Shymkent Refinery, a key cooperation project under the Belt and Road cooperation between China and Kazakhstan, the ancient city has taken on a new look. Editor/Xu Shengpeng