On the morning of June 3, 2003, visiting President Hu Jintao and his Kazakh counterpart Nursultan Nazarbayev held a talk. Both sides exchanged opinions and reached broad consensus on bilateral relations, regional situation and major international issues.

President Nazarbayev extended his warm welcome to Hu on the part of Kazakh government and peoples and expressed his belief that President Hu's visit would push forward the development of the Kazakhstan-China relations.

President Hu reviewed the development of China-Kazakhstan relations. He stressed that Kazakhstan was an important neighbor of China. He said that maintaining and developing long-term stable good-neighborly ties based on mutual benefits and cooperation not only served the common aspiration and fundamental interests of the two countries and the two peoples, but also were conducive to regional peace, stability and development. He promised that the new Chinese leadership would stick to the principle of developing neighborly friendship with Kazakhstan and promote bilateral cooperation based on mutual benefits.

Meanwhile, President Hu raised four proposals to promote China-Kazakhstan ties. First, the two countries should deepen political mutual trust and keep high-level contacts, and strengthen mutual contacts and supports; second,  intensify cooperation in economy and trade, especially in the energy sector; third, expand exchanges and cooperation in science and technology, education, culture, sports and health; fourth, strengthen cooperation in dealing with international affairs, particularly further cement contact and coordination within the framework of the United Nations and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization.

Nazarbayev noted that to develop long-term and stable strategic partnership of coordination constituted an important part of the Kazakhstan's foreign policy, which not only served the interests of both sides but benefited regional stability, security and development. He said that since the two countries forged diplomatic ties a decade ago, bilateral friendship had grown rapidly and reciprocal cooperation had been carried out in all fields, with that in the economic and trade field especially fruitful. He noted that the two countries shared identical or similar stands in many international affairs and conducted quite good cooperation on some major problems. The Kazakh side quite appreciated the four proposals on further developing bilateral reciprocal cooperation raised by the Chinese side.

Hu briefed Nazarbayev on the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) situation in China, extending his appreciation to Kazakh government and people for their understanding and support. He stressed that the Chinese government would continue to take effective measures of prevention and quarantine along the border with Kazakhstan to prevent the disease from spreading out of China with a highly responsible attitude.

Following their talks, the two leaders endorsed a joint declaration and six other documents on cooperation between the two sides in different fields were also signed.

At a joint press conference after their talks, both sides highly evaluated the Sino-Kazakh relations and expressed their willingness to promote bilateral exchanges and cooperation to realize common development. They also answered questions on the future development of bilateral ties, the strategies of the Development of China's West and China-Kazakh trade and economic cooperative development.