<article>The<a style="color: #000080;" href="http://english.sse.com.cn/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE)</a> said on Thursday it has signed an agreement with the financial centre of the Republic of Kazakhstan to acquire a 25.1 percent stake in the country&#8217;s exchange.</article>

The<a style="color: #000080;" href="http://english.sse.com.cn/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE)</a> said on Thursday it has signed an agreement with the financial centre of the Republic of Kazakhstan to acquire a 25.1 percent stake in the country&#8217;s exchange.
The Shanghai exchange will cooperate with the <a style="color: #000080;" href="http://www.aifc.kz/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Astana International Finance Centre</a> on strategy and technology consulting, business planning, product design and market expansion among other things, the SSE said in a statement on its website.
Kazakhstan is a One Belt One Road country and an important partner, the statement said, referring to China&#8217;s ambitious investment initiative to deepen links with Asia and beyond.
At the end of last year a Chinese-led consortium purchased a 40 percent stake in the<a style="color: #000080;" href="https://www.psx.com.pk/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> Pakistan Stock Exchange</a>.
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