On July 7, "This August, people in Dunhuang will be able to eat ice cream from Kazakhstan, and later we also plan to incorporate cultural elements such as flying apsaras and the Mogao Caves into the ice cream, using Dunhuang as a window to sell online and offline across China," Zhang Yixiao, an agent of Kazakhstan's LKZ Supply Chain Company, said in an interview with a China News Service reporter in Lanzhou on the 7th.

On March 25, 2023, staff decorated the locomotive at the departure site of the first China-Europe (Central Asia) international freight train from Dingxi, Gansu to Kazakhstan. (File photo) Photo by Wang Muyu

　　On the same day, the 2024 Overseas Chambers of Commerce Visit to the Lanzhou Investment and Trade Fair Investment Cooperation Matchmaking Event was held in Lanzhou. Eight projects were signed on site, with a total contract value of 1.054 billion yuan (RMB, same below), covering fields such as education services, modern agriculture, cultural tourism, technical services, import and export trade, and building materials production lines. Among them, the "Gansu-Kazakhstan Foreign Trade Project" reached a contract value of 60 million yuan, with both sides reaching an agreement to carry out import and export trade in goods such as live donkeys, honey, candy, pike-perch, beer, beverages, ice cream, and dairy products.

　　Zhang Yuqian, president of the Gansu Chamber of Commerce in Kyrgyzstan, said, "The agriculture of Central Asian countries is relatively undiversified, but Gansu Province's agriculture is very diverse and has great advantages in agricultural equipment production. Next, we plan to take Gansu's agricultural equipment and its extended industries abroad."

　　This event is one of the important activities of the 30th China Lanzhou Investment and Trade Fair. The Lanzhou Investment and Trade Fair builds a platform for more than 2,000 enterprises from over 30 countries and regions around the world, promoting exchanges and trade activities.