The Khorgos International Centre of Boundary Cooperation JSC is a public company established under the Agreements between the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan and Government of the People's Republic of China for the purpose of creation of the Khorgos International Center for Transfrontier Cooperation at the Kazakhstan and China border in the Panfilov district of Almaty region.
The following facilities will be located within the 185 hectares area of “Khorgos” International Cross-Border Cooperation Center:
- International Business Cooperation Center intended to held International meetings, conferences, symposium, meetings of major International financial and industrial organizations of the Republic of Kazakhstan, CPR, Russia and other bordering countries.
- Entertainment and exhibition area will cover 6.5 hectares of the center and will be in the form of multifunctional complex consisting of exhibition halls covering over 40 thousand square meters, art shows and folk-crafts workshops, information center and other exhibition and recreational facilities.
- Hospitality area will be located at the northern part of the center. The main part of this area will be formed of the group of buildings consisting of 7 high-rise hotels of 5-star level. These 14- to 25-store hotels will be providing the whole range of hospitality services. The hospitality complex one-time capacity will be 5 thousand people.
- Sports and recreational area will be located at the northwest part of the International Business Cooperation Center. Football stadium, parking lots, viewing stands, small parkland, swimming pool, large sports complex and hotels sportsmen and guests of sports events will be built at this area.
- Ethnographic park will be established in order to familiarize tourists and other visitors of the center with versatile and original culture, everyday life and economic development of people inhabiting Kazakhstan and other countries bordering upon it. Ethnographic park’s area will be divided into the following 7 separate national sections:
· Section No.1 (Republic of Kazakhstan) total area of 20,800 sq.m.;
· Section No.2 (Republic of Kyrgyzstan) total area of 11,800 sq.m.;
· Section No.3 (Republic of Uzbekistan) total area of 15,630 sq.m.;
· Section No.4 (Republic of Turkmenistan) total area of 15,774 sq.m.;
· Section No.5 (Republic of Tadzhikistan) total area of 14,144 sq.m.;
· Section No.6 (CPR) total area of 29,324 sq.m.;
· Section No.7 (Russian Federation) total area of 29,324 sq.m.
Each section will include exhibition halls, cafes and restaurants of national cuisines, cultural and informational facilities, hotels providing insight into the distinctive features of different nationalities and countries, on the whole.
- International Tourist Resort Area will be located at the entrance to the International Cross-border Cooperation Center at its north part for the receipt of the tourist traffic. Besides hotels, there will be offices of the International Travel Companies, management and entertainment facilities at the territory of International Tourist Resort Area.
- Center of the Regional Cooperation and Small Business will be located to the South of the trade and exhibition area. Head offices and representations of various profit-making companies will be located at the area of this center. Business centers will include premises for negotiations and execution of business agreements, conference-halls that can be easily transformed, multifunctional information center, branches of different banks, currency exchange offices, restaurants and food courts.
- Сауда-көрме аймағы орталықтың әкімшілік-іскери аймағының оңтүстік Trade and exhibition area will be located at the south of administrative and business center and will be intended to arranging of exhibitions and trading of goods and services. Functionally, trade and exhibition area will be the most important point of the whole center with the highest level of activity where all stages of trading process will be carried out – from receipt of information and selection of goods to execution of supply agreements.
- Transloading terminals area will be located at the southern part of the center. This area will consist of 5 large sections such as 2 terminals with special temperature conditions, 6 temporary storage terminals, 4 terminals of goods processing and completing, information and logistics center and special laboratory. The transloading terminal area will also include “Northern” and “Southern” personnel and maintenance centers and water intake facilities.
