The President was informed on the activity of the oil refinery and its plans for the upcoming period.
At the meeting with the entrepreneurs of the region, Nursultan Nazarbayev stressed that nowadays, 800 ventures have been launched, 700 KZT billion have been allocated and 150 thousand people have been provided with jobs within the framework of the accelerated industrial-innovative development programme.
The President reminded that a special emphasis was laid on the development of small and medium-sized businesses in the recent address to the nation.
“This is a main issue for us, it allows to provide people with jobs. Budgets of the developed countries are supplied with the funds coming from small and medium-sized businesses, which makes up 80 percent. As for Kazakhstan, 300 big ventures provide 80-90 percent of the budget revenue. It means that small and medium-sized businesses are not properly developing and I would like to discuss with you the reasons of this situation,” the President said.
During the meeting, Governor of the Atyrau region Baktykozha Izmukhambetov reported to the President on the socio-economic development of the region.
