According to him, the Eurasian space is experiencing a unique period in its history, as traditional economic models and logistics chains are being transformed. However, deep cultural ties, tested over decades, remain an unbreakable bridge uniting the region’s peoples. At the same time, he stressed that in the 21st century, preserving these ties is no longer enough — they must be adapted to modern innovation.

Kasymaliev said creative industries are precisely the tool that transforms rich cultural heritage into a real economic sector, generating jobs, primarily for young people, and creating high-tech exports.

He added that Kyrgyzstan’s state policy has evolved into a synergistic model, where personal spiritual development serves as the foundation, large-scale infrastructure investment as the support base, and the creative economy as a high-tech growth engine.

In Kyrgyzstan, total state investment in culture has steadily increased over the past three years from $32 million to $105 million, more than tripling, while wages for cultural sector workers have risen by 100 percent, Kasymaliev said.

He also recalled that the Law on the Creative Industries Park, adopted in 2022, introduced preferential conditions for creative businesses. Residents of the park pay a unified tax of just 1 percent of revenue, and the park currently hosts 165 resident companies.

Kasymaliev also proposed promoting the significance of the 100th anniversary of Chingiz Aitmatov and the 200th anniversary of Leo Tolstoy to a new digital generation as part of the 35th anniversary of the CIS.

He stressed the need for jointly developing unified rules and digital mechanisms to protect intellectual property in the age of artificial intelligence.

«Artificial intelligence creates algorithms. Humans create meaning. Let us preserve and multiply the intellectual capital of our peoples,» Adylbek Kasymaliev concluded.