MODERNIZATION OF XINJIANG UYGHUR AUTONOMOUS REGION AND ITSIMPACT ON TRANSBOUNDARY RELATIONSHIPS KAZAKHSTAN AND CHINA

Аннотация

For nearly two decades, XUAR has been the vanguard in the implementation of the program of largescale development of the western regions of the PRC. The article discusses the internal and external causes that
determine the special role of the studied national region in the Chinese regional politics. The undeniable advantage of
Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) is its geographical location. That on XUAR accounted for 1/4 of the
Chinese state land border, and it borders with the largest number of foreign countries (in comparison with other
autonomous regions) determines the importance of its place in geostrategic plans of China. This geographical
position allows to activate the policy of "going outside", that is, the policy of expansion and intensification international trade and economic relations of the country Central Asian, and further in the European direction, forcing
course "East accumulates, the West exports." Focus in the article is devoted to dynamic changes in the socioeconomic development of the area as a result of the strategy being implemented. As a result, the study justifies the
unique place of XUAR in China’s cross-border relationship with Kazakhstan. Accelerated development of XUAR is
an important factor influencing the Kazakh-Chinese cooperation in trade, energy, transport infrastructure, safety,
ecology, culture. Moreover, without the factor of XUAR it is impossible to design a holistic system of development
of Central Asian region.