Central Asia Jiangsu Center

To implement the spirit of the Belt and Road Initiative put forward by General Secretary Xi Jinping, the outcomes of the China–Central Asia Summit and the work plan following the Jiangsu provincial government leaders' visits to Central Asia, SOHO Holding Group is building flagship projects to a high standard, such as the Jiangsu Central Asia Center, and actively creating a bridge for two-way investment and trade. On 17 June 2025, at the second China–Central Asia Summit, President Xi Jinping and the heads of state of the five Central Asian countries attended the unveiling ceremony of the "three centers and one platform", including the China–Central Asia Trade Facilitation Cooperation Platform, marking the official establishment of this national-level platform. To further deepen the China–Central Asia trade facilitation cooperation mechanism and let the national-level economic and trade platform play a leading role, SOHO Holding Group is building the Central Asia Jiangsu Center in Astana, forming a linked "two places, two centers" structure. On 11 June 2026, during a visit to Kazakhstan by a delegation led by Xin Changxing, Secretary of the CPC Jiangsu Provincial Committee, the Central Asia Jiangsu Center was opened jointly with Kazakhstan's Minister of Trade and Integration, the Chinese Ambassador to Kazakhstan and the Secretary-General of the China–Central Asia Mechanism. On the same day, the Jiangsu Provincial Economic and Trade Representative Office in Kazakhstan was officially inaugurated. Built jointly by the Jiangsu Provincial Department of Commerce and SOHO Holding Group, the office will draw on its frontline position to strengthen government–business liaison, resource matching and support services, further widen the reach of bilateral trade, deepen industrial cooperation and promote mutually beneficial development. The Central Asia Jiangsu Center is positioned as a comprehensive economic and trade service platform combining institutional services, product exhibition and sales, Silk Road e-commerce, commodity matching, cultural and technology exchange, and business offices. It is committed to becoming a one-stop service hub for Chinese companies establishing Central Asian headquarters, building a four-in-one service system of "trade-led, service-driven, culture-connected and investment-enabled", with a focus on supporting small and medium-sized enterprises in going global, expanding room for two-way investment and trade, and driving all-round cooperation between China and Central Asia from a single point outward. As one of the core carriers of the China–Central Asia Trade Facilitation Cooperation Platform, the Central Asia Jiangsu Center will form a chain with the Jiangsu Central Asia Center, the Khorgos forward warehouse and others, creating a new pattern of two-way empowerment at home and abroad. By holding cultural, technology, education and other people-to-people exchange activities, it will deepen mutual understanding between peoples and contribute to expanding win-win cooperation between Jiangsu and Central Asia and to the high-quality development of the Belt and Road.