On September 17, 2021, at the invitation of President Rahmon of the Republic of Tajikistan, President Xi Jinping attended the 21st meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and the leaders of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and the Collective Security Treaty Organization at the invitation of the President of the Republic of Tajikistan. Joint summit on Afghanistan.

On June 15, 2001, on the banks of the Huangpu River in Shanghai, an international organization founded by China and named after a Chinese city with a secretariat located in China was born. The six heads of state of China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan signed the "Declaration on the Establishment of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization", starting a new journey for countries in the region to seek stability and promote development together. Over the past 20 years, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization has gone through an extraordinary course of development. From the original 6 member states to today’s 8 member states, 4 observer states, and 6 dialogue partners, this comprehensive regional cooperation organization with the widest and most populated area in the world has become the Eurasian region and international affairs. An important constructive force in the

Inherit the spirit of Shanghai and contribute to the wisdom of SCO

"The Shanghai Cooperation Organization has always maintained vigorous vitality and strong cooperation momentum. The fundamental reason is that it creatively proposes and always practices the "Shanghai Spirit", advocating mutual trust, mutual benefit, equality, consultation, respect for diverse civilizations, and seeking common development." President Xi Jinping said. Point out deeply.

As the core value and common philosophy of the SCO, the "Shanghai Spirit" is also a banner set up by the SCO in the international community. Under the guidance of the "Shanghai Spirit", the member states follow the purposes and principles established by the "Shanghai Cooperation Organization Charter" and "The Treaty of Long-term Good-neighborliness and Friendship and Cooperation of the Member States of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization", continue to deepen cooperation in the fields of security, economy, trade, and humanities. To be an important platform for regional countries to maintain security and stability and promote development and prosperity, and establish a model of a new type of international relations featuring mutual respect, fairness, justice, and win-win cooperation.

As one of the founding member states, China has always been committed to promoting the development of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and has continuously enriched the connotation of the "Shanghai Spirit" with ideas and actions. Since 2013, President Xi Jinping has attended the SCO summit every year and put forward a series of important initiatives, which have received positive responses from all parties. From systematically expounding the concept of development, security, cooperation, civilization, and global governance, to advocating the creation of a model of unity and mutual trust, sharing safety and security, mutual benefit, tolerance and mutual learning, to calling for the establishment of health, safety, development, The humanistic "four communities" and the idea of building a closer SCO community with a shared future are deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

In 2016, the "Tashkent Declaration on the 15th Anniversary of the Founding of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization" reiterated that member states support China’s initiative on building the Silk Road Economic Belt, and “will continue to work on the implementation of this initiative and use it as creating favorable conditions to promote regional economic cooperation. One of the means of ". In 2018, "Establishing the Common Concept of Building a Community with a Shared Future for Mankind" was written into the Qingdao Declaration of the Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, which became the common vision of the member states, and the "Shanghai Spirit" was once again given new vitality. Facts have proved that the "Shanghai Spirit" transcends outdated concepts such as the clash of civilizations, Cold War mentality, and zero-sum game. It is not only a high degree of consensus among the member states of the SCO, but also widely recognized by the international community.

"The development of mankind should not be the beauty of each country alone, but it should be that countries work hand in hand to let the development results benefit each other. This coincides with the "Shanghai Spirit" that emphasizes equality and mutual benefit." Zhan Jiu, senior consultant of the Pakistan Global Strategic Research Center Ah said that President Xi Jinping put forward a Chinese plan to promote the development of the SCO, which drew a blueprint for the development of the SCO and pointed out the direction. Former Secretary-General of the SCO Nurgaliev believes that in the past 20 years, it is the "Shanghai Spirit" that has continuously guided the self-optimization and improvement of the SCO. The concept of building a community with a shared future for mankind has played a key role in supporting and supporting the development of the SCO. Promoting role.

Deepen pragmatic cooperation and gather the strength of SCO

"Developing together is true development, and sustainable development is good development." President Xi Jinping advocated the development concept of innovation, coordination, green, openness, and sharing, and emphasized the continued promotion of the joint construction of the Belt and Road Initiative and the development strategies of various countries and Europe and Asia. Regional cooperation initiatives such as economic alliances are in-depth docking, strengthening interconnection, promoting the in-depth integration of industrial chains, supply chains, and value chains, and smoothing regional economic cycles.

Riding on the east wind of the joint construction of the Belt and Road Initiative, infrastructure construction has injected strong impetus to boost the economy and improve people's livelihood in the SCO region. The SCO Express Line has opened 11 international lines, covering more than 30 cities in the 5 member states and 3 observer countries of the SCO. China-Russia Eastern Route Natural Gas Pipeline, China-Kazakhstan Crude Oil Pipeline, Central Asia's Longest Tunnel "Angelian-Papu" Railway Tunnel... All-round interconnection patterns help the economic and trade cooperation to continuously increase the gold content, and the cake of common development is getting bigger and bigger .

In recent years, a series of SCO multilateral cooperation platforms initiated by China have yielded fruitful results: The SCO Agricultural Technology Exchange and Training Demonstration Base has created a "model room" for member countries to develop smart agriculture; the SCO International Investment and Trade Expo has become a place for enterprises to look for opportunities "Big Market"; China-SCO Local Economic and Trade Cooperation Demonstration Zone has become an important "outlet" for commodities from inland countries; China-SCO Digital Economy Industry Forum has become a "driver" for innovation and development...

In 2020, the total economic volume and total foreign trade of the member states will increase by 11 times and 8 times respectively compared with the beginning of the establishment of the SCO. The trade volume between China and other member states will reach 245 billion U.S. dollars, an increase of about 20 times compared with the beginning of the establishment of the SCO. ... A series of figures confirm that the SCO's multilateral cooperation has greatly improved the overall development level of the region. Professor Kuzyev of Uzbekistan University of Journalism and Mass Communication believes: "After 20 years of development and growth, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization has become a'propeller' of regional economic cooperation."

At the same time, people-to-people bonds under the framework of the SCO have become stronger. Brand events such as cultural festivals, marathons, language years, tourism years, youth exchange camps, etc. are splendid, and cultural exchange platforms such as the SCO Civil Friendship Forum, the SCO Women’s Education and Poverty Reduction Forum, and the Uzbekistan SCO Civil Diplomacy Center Extensive establishment, under the all-round, in-depth, and multi-channel cooperation framework, the public opinion foundation of good-neighborliness and friendship has been continuously consolidated, and the concept of "friendship from generation to generation and peace forever" has been passed on from generation to generation. "The way of coexistence among different civilizations advocated by the Shanghai Cooperation Organization is in the same line with the idea of building a community with a shared future for mankind." said Lu Jianing, a professor at the Russian Higher University of Economics.

Responding to risks and challenges and implementing the SCO program

Entering the 21st century, the international landscape has undergone profound changes, traditional and non-traditional security threats are intertwined, and unstable and uncertain factors have increased significantly. The SCO emerged in the process of multipolarization of the world and the reform of the global governance system, and has always adhered to the principles of non-alignment, non-confrontation, and non-targeting of third parties, and firmly upholds the international system with the United Nations as the core and international law as the foundation. International order.

The epidemic situation of the century has been superimposed on a hundred years of changes, and the world has entered a period of turbulent change. The international community is undergoing major tests of multilateral and unilateral, openness and closure, cooperation and confrontation. The question of the times of "what's going on in the world, what shall we do" is even more urgent. "History has proven and will continue to prove that good-neighborly friendship will surpass beggar-thy neighbors, mutually beneficial cooperation will replace zero-sum games, and multilateralism will surely defeat unilateralism." President Xi Jinping has a profound insight into world development trends.

Those who observe the trend will be clear, and those who are trend will be wise. Over the past 20 years, the SCO has deepened the political foundation of solidarity and mutual trust, and insisted on taking security cooperation as a key direction, and has become an important force that cannot be ignored in maintaining world peace and stability. From combating the "three forces", drug smuggling and transnational organized crime, to responding to various new threats and challenges such as biosecurity, data security, and outer space security, security barriers have become increasingly solid; from the establishment of the "SCO-Afghanistan Liaison Group" To the establishment of joint exercise mechanisms for military, counter-terrorism, drug control, and cyber security, the security cooperation mechanism has become more complete; from firmly defending the victory of the world’s anti-fascist war, to jointly opposing external interference and resisting the “political virus”, and safeguarding the multilateralism of the “SCO” "Voice" is clearer and louder.

“The virus knows no borders. Solidarity and cooperation are the most powerful weapons to fight the epidemic. Saving lives is the top priority.” The epidemic continues to spread. President Xi Jinping emphasized strengthening the joint prevention and control of countries, supporting each other's efforts to fight the epidemic, and safeguarding regional and global public health security.

In February 2020, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization issued a statement supporting China's efforts to fight the epidemic. China has also built a lifeline for the SCO region to fight the epidemic: providing new crown vaccine assistance, donating anti-epidemic materials, dispatching medical expert teams, and conducting online seminars on anti-epidemic experience... Whether it is a thousand-mile aid or a "cloud" exchange, it has witnessed the same boat. , The “Shanghai Friendship” of mutual assistance has continued to inject positive energy into global anti-epidemic and multilateral cooperation.

After 20 years of hard work, the SCO has opened a new page in its development history. China will continue to work with all parties to address common challenges and make strides towards building a closer SCO community with a shared future. Editor/Tian Zengpeng