President Xi Jinping holds a welcoming ceremony for his Kazakh counterpart Nursultan Nazarbayev before their talks at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Xi welcomed Nazarbayev to China for his state visit and to participate in the country's V-Day celebrations on Sept 3. [Photo/Xinhua]

Xi called for improved bilateral cooperation in capacity, investment, trade, energy, infrastructure and high technology, and urged the countries to make full use of financing mechanisms such as the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank and the Silk Road Fund. The two leaders agreed to integrate the China-proposed Silk Road Economic Belt with Kazakhstan's new economic policy, called the Bright Road, to achieve common prosperity.