Speaker:
Kairat Kelimbetov, Governor, Astana International Financial Centre
Kazakhstan’s Astana International Financial Centre is to be launched in 2018 and Governor Kairat Kelimbetov said Hong Kong was a case study for successful financial markets and services for a new regional hub. Speaking on the sidelines of AFF 2017, he said Hong Kong and Astana were both “connectors” under China’s Belt and Road Initiative and the AFF provided a good opportunity to present the developing Central Asian financial marketplace.