On December 28, 2010, Kazakh Prime Minister Karim Masimov met with Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi in the Prime Minister's Residential Office in Astana.

Masimov said that the past year is an important year for the development of Kazakhstan-China bilateral ties. He thanked China for helping his country overcome the impact of the financial crisis. He also congratulated China on the success of the Shanghai World Expo and the Guangzhou Asian Games. It is in the common interest of both peoples to develop economic and trade cooperation between the two countries. Both sides should enhance cooperation in energy, infrastructure and non-resource areas and advance the building of the Horgos International Border Cooperation Center to push bilateral economic and trade cooperation to a new level.

Yang said bilateral ties are at the best period of development in history and face great opportunities for further development. He hoped that both sides will step up efforts to implement the consensus reached by the leaders of the two countries, make the best use of their economic complementarities in combination of the mid and long-term national and local development strategies and advance pragmatic cooperation in all areas. He urged both sides to conduct cooperation in non-resource areas concerning national economy and people's livelihood, promote cooperation in road and railway construction for greater inter-connectivity and enhance cooperation in trade and finance sectors and within the framework of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization.

On the same day, Yang also held talks with Kazakhstan's Secretary of State and Foreign Minister Kanat Saudabayev. Both sides reached agreement on implementing the important consensus reached by the leaders of the two countries, advancing high-level exchanges, deepening pragmatic cooperation in all areas, building up humanities exchanges and enhancing communication in multilateral areas.