Oiling the wheels of cooperation

A Chinese company is not only pumping 'black gold' and providing jobs, but also establishing community projects for locals, reports Ren Qi in Aktobe, Kazakhstan

Editor's note: This is the ninth in a series of reports focusing on the development of the Belt and Road Initiative, China's proposed trading route linking Asia, Europe and Africa.

Kazakhstan holds a special place in the history of Belt and Road Initiative, because President Xi Jinping proposed the ambitious initiative during a speech at Nazarbayev University in Astana, the Kazakh capital, in 2013.