Premier Li Keqiang arrives in the Kazakh capital Astana, Nov 3, 2016. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

Premier Li Keqiang arrived in the Kazakh capital Astana late Thursday, local time, to attend the third Regular Meeting between Chinese and Kazakh prime ministers.

Li is scheduled to meet with Kazakh Prime Minister Bakhytzhan Sagintayev and Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev on this trip, which is Li's second visit to the Central Asian country in two years. The regular meeting mechanism was established in 2012 to strengthen exchanges and cooperation between the two countries.