KazNU and China: The strategic partnership has reached a new level

President of the Chinese Academy of Sciences Hou Jianguo held a meeting with President of the National Academy of Sciences under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Akylbek Kurishbayev and Vice Rector for Science and Innovation at al-Farabi Kazakh National University Margulan Ibraimov.

During the meeting in China, the parties discussed the transition from academic cooperation to the implementation of specific joint scientific and technological projects. As a result of the negotiations, four priority areas of cooperation have been identified. These include the creation of a Chinese–Central Asian satellite network, the development of artificial intelligence and the DeepBas platform for science, joint research in the field of nuclear physics and energy, as well as strengthening scientific and technological partnership within the framework of the Alatau City project.

Today, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University is actively developing cooperation with the Chinese Academy of Sciences and leading universities in China. Currently, joint research centers and laboratories with Chinese partners have been established and are already operating at the university. As part of the development of the satellite network, KazNU, together with the Northwestern Polytechnic University of China, launched a microsatellite into space. This was the first such project implemented by KazNU for Kazakhstani universities. Working together opens up new opportunities for space exploration, training highly qualified specialists, and developing satellites.

In addition, scientists from the Kazakh-Chinese Joint Laboratory "Remote Sensing Technologies and their Applications" monitor environmental problems, including water scarcity, drought and land degradation, using remote sensing technologies. A training and production laboratory for the development of models of unmanned aerial vehicles has also been established at the university in cooperation with a Chinese company.

KazNU has a Supercomputing Center, which is one of the most powerful in Central Asia. The high-tech system is used to perform complex computing tasks and data processing in areas such as artificial intelligence, the oil and gas industry, energy, agriculture, remote sensing of the Earth and 3D modeling. In addition, KazNU operates the International Institute of Digital Technologies and Robotics and the Robotics Center. Their creation was the result of KazNU's strategic partnership with one of China's leading high–tech companies, Jiangsu Huibo Robotics Technology Co., Ltd. There are 13 modern robots installed in the center with a total area of 600 square meters.

Following the meeting, Akylbek Kurishbayev and Hou Jianguo agreed to identify responsible coordinators for four priority areas of cooperation and create a joint working group to study them in detail.

Press-service of Al-Farabi Kazakh National University