Message from the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev to people of Kazakhstan. January 31, 2017

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"Third Modernization of Kazakhstan: global competitiveness"
Dear people of Kazakhstan!
On the eve of a new era, I shall address the people of Kazakhstan.
The country with honor has passed its 25-year development phase. We are proud of our country. In celebration of the 25th anniversary of Independence, we noted the achievements and successes of Kazakhstan. They are well known and appreciated by the world community.
Since the beginning of 2017, Kazakhstan has become a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council.
international exhibition "EXPO-2017" will be held in Astana this year. We were the first among the CIS countries and Central Asia hold such an important global event.
Almaty started sports within the Universiade-2017, with the participation of more than 2,000 athletes and delegates from 57 countries.
All this is the result of a correct political path and the high authority of Kazakhstan in the international arena.
Kazakhstan must enter the top 30 developed countries in the world by 2050. We will surely go for this purpose.
In conditions of growing competition and the lack of stability in the world is increasing the relevance of the proposed me to the people in 2012, the Strategy-2050. We were able to timely anticipate the coming of complexity.
Due to economic policy "Nurly Zhol" and the Plan of the nation "100 concrete steps" we worthily go through an initial stage of a complex global transformation. Only in the years 2014-2016 to support the economy we have an additional 1.7 trillion tenge was allocated. This provided an opportunity for economic growth and business support, the creation of more than 200 thousand new jobs.
The result ensured the growth of the gross domestic product by 1% in 2016. This is particularly important in the current difficult conditions.
the world situation is rapidly changing. This new global reality, and we must accept it.

Dear compatriots!
Only those people who manage to get ahead of the future and decisively to meet the challenges, and do not stand and wait, will be the winners.
At the beginning of the next world, for the fourth industrial revolution.
Ubiquitous digitalization of the economy will lead to the disappearance of entire industries and the creation of fundamentally new. Great changes are taking place before our eyes - is both a challenge and a historic opportunity for the nation.
Today I put the task of ensuring the implementation of the third modernization of Kazakhstan. It is necessary to create a new model of economic growth that will provide the country's global competitiveness.
Currently, many countries are trying to solve the same problem. I am sure that the transition to the new recipes all the growth model will be different. We must proceed from our strengths and not to lose the potential that together created over 25 years of our Independence.
We all remember the first modernization of Kazakhstan. Remember, they started their way a quarter century ago on the ruins of the Soviet Union. Then our generation with the foundation created a new state, which was not on the world map.
Was the transition from a planned to a market economy. it is crucial for me that we are together then kept the country from the turmoil of civil war and economic collapse. Kazakhstan came out of that period with minimal losses and the largest acquisitions.
The second modernization began with the adoption of the Strategy-2030 and the creation of new capital of Astana. The results are undeniable. The country broke away from the economic zone and the gap is among the 50 most competitive economies in the world.
Two successful modernization gave us invaluable experience. Now we need to boldly step forward and start the third upgrade.
This upgrade - do not plan to combat the current global challenges, as a reliable bridge to the future, to meet the objectives of the Strategy-2050. It will be held on the basis of the Plan of the nation's "100 concrete steps."
I see her five main priorities. They are designed to ensure that economic growth above the world average, and steady progress among the 30 leading countries.

The first priority -VV