Silk road economic belt and national development strategies

Abstract

Currently, the development of international economic relations is characterized by
increased competition on a global scale, including between the traditional centers of the world economy.
Against the background of the unprecedented advancement of Asia to the forefront of the world stage, the
issue of the formation and development of the Silk Road Economic Belt (SREB) is very relevant. At the
same time, a strengthening of regional interaction processes is observed in the global economy. In this
context, it seems appropriate to conduct a kind of interim audit of China’s program, which will give reason
to understand why this initiative was launched, what specific goals it pursues, what has been done since
2013 in the region and the world.
In this article, the authors analyzed the problems and prospects of cooperation at the regional,
national and global level, the issues of positioning Kazakhstan in these different dimensions, the realization
of national interests in the context of contact with the SREB, as well as the significance of the “Silk Road
Economic Belt”. In this paper, a study was conducted on the development of trade relations between
countries, the level of competitiveness of the export sector of national economies, and an assessment and
analysis of the competitiveness of the export potential of Kazakhstan and China.