TREE NEWS update: Chinese Finance Minister Lan Fo’an attended the opening ceremony of the Central Asia Economic Cooperation Tianshan Forum in Almaty, Kazakhstan, on November 2-3, 2026, and delivered remarks. He said China’s GDP grew 4.6% year-on-year in the first three quarters, the opening year of its 15th Five-Year Plan, and pledged continued high-quality development and high-level opening-up. China is willing to strengthen cooperation with Central Asian countries and support the region’s development as a “golden crossroads” connecting Eurasia.
China’s Finance Minister Lan Fo’an Attends Central Asia Economic Cooperation Tianshan Forum
AI take
The venue matters as much as the message: a Chinese finance minister using a Central Asia forum to frame domestic growth and openness signals that Beijing wants regional economic ties read as a stable, long-term proposition rather than a bilateral favor. For Central Asian governments and the cross-border capital and trade flows eyeing the region, the emphasis on a Eurasian "golden crossroads" positions the area as connective infrastructure. Whether the pledged cooperation translates into concrete financing or institutional arrangements is the open question.
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