From April 25 to 26, 2024, Vice Foreign Minister Sun Weidong visited Kazakhstan upon invitation, during which he met with Kazakhstan's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Murat Nurtleu in Astana and held consultations between the two foreign ministries with Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan Alibek Bakayev.

Sun Weidong said, head-of-state diplomacy has steered the development of China-Kazakhstan relations. Having met twice last year, President Xi Jinping and President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev agreed to build the new "golden 30 years" of bilateral relations. China and Kazakhstan have always treated each other with respect and as equals and firmly supported each other on issues concerning each other's core interests. China stands ready to work together with Kazakhstan under the guidance of the common understandings reached between the two heads of state and focusing on Belt and Road cooperation to continuously enhance political mutual trust, intensify exchanges at all levels, deepen all-round mutually beneficial cooperation, and build a closer China-Kazakhstan community with a shared future.

The Kazakh side noted, China is a priority for Kazakhstan's diplomatic agenda and the unique China-Kazakhstan permanent comprehensive strategic partnership has become a model for neighboring relations. Kazakhstan will give full play to the leading role of head-of-state diplomacy, continue to promote its cooperation with China in various fields, and jointly open up new prospects for bilateral relations.

The two sides also had an exchange of views on cooperation within the framework of multilateral organizations such as the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia and China-Central Asia mechanism, as well as international and regional issues of mutual interest and concern.