Kasem-Jomart Tokayev: "Now I want to express my opinion about small and medium businesses. Now its share in the gross domestic product has reached 40 percent, and its share in investment in fixed assets is approaching 70 percent. We all know the importance of small businesses; In many countries it is considered the driving force of the economy. Today, more than a third of the entrepreneurs in this field are engaged in trade. For this reason, we constantly talk about the need to pay special attention to the diversity of the structure of small businesses. At the same time, the government faces the task of developing a special program for the development of medium-sized businesses. The document should reflect mechanisms for long-term financing and technological modernization of organizations. It is necessary to create conditions for representatives of medium-sized businesses to work closely with large enterprises and sell their products to them."

Kasem-Jomart Tokayev: "Now I want to express my opinion about small and medium businesses. Now its share in the gross domestic product has reached 40 percent, and its share in investment in fixed assets is approaching 70 percent. We all know the importance of small businesses; In many countries it is considered the driving force of the economy. Today, more than a third of the entrepreneurs in this field are engaged in trade. For this reason, we constantly talk about the need to pay special attention to the diversity of the structure of small businesses. At the same time, the government faces the task of developing a special program for the development of medium-sized businesses. The document should reflect mechanisms for long-term financing and technological modernization of organizations. It is necessary to create conditions for representatives of medium-sized businesses to work closely with large enterprises and sell their products to them."