China News Agency, Nuer Sultan, July 10 (Reporter Zhang Shuo) On the 10th local time, the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Ma Ming stated that from January to June this year, Kazakhstan's GDP increased by 2.2%.
According to him, the basic task of government work in 2021 is to ensure that the economic growth rate is between 3.7% and 4%.
Ma Ming stated at the government expansion meeting held that day that in April this year, Kazakhstan's economy began to resume growth, achieving the first positive growth since the country's domestic outbreak in March 2020.
He also pointed out that the basic task of the government's work in 2021 is to ensure that the economic growth rate is between 3.7% and 4%, and that providing jobs for the people and increasing people's income are the priorities of the government's work.
Affected by the epidemic, Kazakhstan's GDP fell by 2.6% in 2020.
Ma Ming pointed out that despite the impact of the epidemic, based on the effective implementation of the economic diversification policy, the completion rate of the national budget revenue plan in the first half of this year was 107.5%.
According to Ma Ming, the economic vitality of Kazakhstan increased significantly in the first half of the year, among which the construction, manufacturing, communications industries, real estate, and logistics and transportation saw significant increases.
Ma Ming also stated that Kazakhstan attracted US$4.4 billion in foreign direct investment in the first half of the year.
Ma Ming also said at the meeting that Kazakhstan's crude oil production will reach 86 million tons in 2021, slightly higher than last year's 85.7 million tons; natural gas extraction will reach 55 billion cubic meters, higher than last year's 31.7 billion cubic meters output.
The meeting was held in the form of video online. Kazakhstan's head of state and prime minister, ministers and other government agencies attended the meeting.
The meeting summarized the social and economic development of Kazakhstan in the first half of 2021.
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