Abstract: Kazakhstan is a great nation in Central Asia area; it has transboundary water body relation with surrounding neighboring countries, 44% of the surface water from neighboring countries. Water resources development and utilization in transboundary rivers and ecological environment protection that are major strategic problems involved with national politics, economy, security and foreign overall situation. This article systematically analyzes distribution feature of the surface water in Kazakhstan, briefly reviews the cooperation with its neighboring countries in the aspect of transboundary rivers, profoundly analyzes the main countermeasures adopted for the anxious issue of water safety, analytically discusses the problems such as future cooperation path for the management of transboundary rivers, future distributive principle for water utilization of transboundary rivers, future solution for the water pollution of transboundary river between Kazakhstan and Russia, the prerequisites for solving crisis of Aral Sea among Central Asian States; it points out that the management of shared water resources can become a peace force in Central Asia, may also become accomplices of the conflict, the management for this interdependence resources is the international community today faces a major challenge of human development. The study on the issues of core interest point of view, cognition, adopting a different strategy used in the international cooperation of Kazakhstan transboundary rivers; therefore it is positive operation significance for dealing with the problem of transboundary rivers between China and Kazakhstan.

Key words: Kazakhstan, transboundary river, international cooperation, water safety problem