The analysis shows that during the 2026 Open Dialogue, the President’s speech placed particular emphasis on entering foreign markets, developing national brands and ensuring international competitiveness, reducing administrative pressure on businesses, and strengthening the legal protection of entrepreneurs. At the same time, the concept of “artificial intelligence” was, for the first time, elevated to the level of an independent driver of economic growth and was used significantly more often than in previous years.
On the eve of Entrepreneurs’ Day, the traditional Open Dialogue between President Shavkat Mirziyoyev and entrepreneurs was held in the Khorezm region. The event brought together entrepreneurs and investors from all regions of the country. For the first time, around 25,000 business representatives also joined the dialogue from district studios.
CERR experts conducted a linguistic analysis of the Head of State’s speech, identifying the most frequently used words and expressions, the areas that received the greatest attention, and how the emphasis has shifted over the past five years.
The analysis showed that the President paid particular attention to building a comprehensive ecosystem for supporting entrepreneurship, developing exports and national brands, improving productivity through artificial intelligence, and reducing administrative barriers and the burden of fines.
In his speech, the Head of State used a total of 4,211 words, compared with 4,241 words during the 2025 dialogue. The most frequently used words were “entrepreneur” — 92 times, “business” — 32 times, “export” — 31 times, “market” — 28 times, “state” — 27 times, “enterprise” — 25 times, “product” — 18 times, “system” — 15 times, “project” — 14 times, “service” — 13 times, “credit,” “bank,” “region,” and “industry” — 12 times each, “tax,” “international,” “artificial intelligence,” “program,” and “opportunity” — 11 times each, while the word “fine” was used 10 times (Figure 1).
Figure 1. Most Frequently Used Words
Notably, the words “export” (31) and “market” (28) reached their highest frequency in the past five years and together appeared almost twice as often as the word “business.” This indicates a shift in the semantic focus of the speech from supporting businesses in the domestic market toward helping them enter foreign markets.
The second major change was the use of the expression “artificial intelligence” 11 times. In the 2023 speech, the concept was mentioned once, in 2024 — four times, while during the 2025 dialogue it was not used at all. In 2026, it acquired a new status not only in terms of frequency but also in substance: artificial intelligence was presented as a distinct area of economic policy and an independent growth driver linked to productivity, production costs, and value added.
The third aspect concerns administrative oversight. The word “inspection” and its various forms were used seven times, “court” — five times, while “license” and “permit” were each used three times. This shows that the liberalization of the business environment remains an important item on the agenda.
Particular attention was also paid to a number of key expressions. The phrase “foreign market” was used 11 times, “for the entrepreneur” and “value added” — nine times each, and “small business” and “dear entrepreneur” — five times each. In addition, the expressions “new product,” “for export,” and “new opportunity” were each mentioned four times.
Among three-word expressions, “value-added tax” was used five times, “accelerated market entry” and “construction, sanitation, quarantine” — three times each, while the expressions “introduction of artificial intelligence,” “one million foreign tourists,” “creating equal conditions,” and “share of small business” were each used twice.
Linguistic Analysis over the Past Five Years
A comparison of the texts of the dialogues held between 2022 and 2026 shows that the main priorities of economic policy changed from year to year.
Thus, the five-year analysis reveals the following sequence of shifting priorities: tax and credit policy in 2022–2023 → services and infrastructure in 2024 → startups and financial support in 2025 → exports, artificial intelligence, and administrative freedom in 2026. This trend reflects the consistent evolution of the national economic strategy and its transition to a new stage — ensuring competitiveness in foreign markets.
Analysis of the Speech by Thematic Area
When the speech is divided into nine thematic areas, the distribution of the Head of State’s attention becomes clearly visible (Figure 2). The largest share was devoted to the sharp reduction of administrative pressure — 605 words, or 14% of the speech. This was followed by opportunities for tourism development and the concluding section — 14%, export potential and national brands — 14%, and the “artificial intelligence — management efficiency — new investment” ecosystem — 13%. Together, these four areas accounted for 55% of the speech.
Figure 2. Distribution of the Speech by Thematic Area
A significant share was also devoted to expanding business opportunities in the regions — 12%, and the results of economic growth — 11%. Developments in Khorezm were presented in the most concise section — 5%, serving as the introductory part of the speech.
The speech delivered during the 2026 dialogue reflects a new stage of economic policy — a shift from primarily supporting entrepreneurs in the domestic market toward transforming them into competitive participants in the global market. Exports and national brands, AI-driven productivity, access to capital markets, workforce development, as well as administrative freedom and legal protection were identified as the five key pillars of this new stage.
The linguistic analysis shows that the Head of State’s speech not only clearly outlined the priority areas of economic policy, but also once again reaffirmed the role of entrepreneurs as key partners and driving forces of the country’s development, fostering a positive outlook and an atmosphere of trust.
Ilyos Rabbimov, CERR
CERR Public Relations Sector
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