On April 17, 2009, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao met in Sanya, south China's Hainan Province with Kazakhstan's President Nursultan Nazarbayev, who was here for the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) Annual Conference 2009 to be held in Boao, Hainan from April 17 to 19.

Wen spoke highly of the rapid development of the China-Kazakhstan strategic partnership and the fruitful pragmatic cooperation between both sides. In the face of the severe impact brought about by the current international financial crisis, the two countries have fully tapped their respective advantages and enhanced cooperation, which brought tangible benefits to both sides. Wen put forward a four-point proposal on enhancing Sino-Kazakh cooperation. First, take effective measures to maintain the growth of bilateral trade. Second, fulfill agreements already agreed upon and give priority to the cooperation in the energy and resources sectors. Third, reinforce financial and investment cooperation to ensure smooth implementation of major cooperation projects. Fourth, promote cooperation in the non-resources field, such as infrastructures, so as to forge a more dynamic bilateral trade relation.

Nazarbayev said the two countries had signed a series of cooperative documents during his current visit, which fully reflected the common will of the two nations to jointly resist the financial crisis and China's strong support to Kazakhstan. He believed that China would certainly be able to cope with the challenges, which was crucial to lifting the world out of the shadow of financial crisis at an early date. Kazakhstan agreed with China's proposal on enhancing economic and trade cooperation between the two countries and was ready to work with China to boost cooperation in such sectors as oil and gas, agriculture, technology innovation, finance and transportation, he said.