Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, August 26th Title: Building consensus on cooperation and building a closer community of shared future - the international community is eagerly looking forward to President Xi Jinping's attendance at the 2025 SCO Summit

Xinhua News Agency reporter Song Yingxi Yue and Ma Qian

The 2025 Shanghai Cooperation Organization Summit will be held in Tianjin from August 31 to September 1. This is the fifth time that China has hosted the SCO Summit, and it is also the largest summit since the founding of the SCO.

On the coast of the Haihe River, Chinese President Xi Jinping will summarize the successful experience of the SCO with more than 20 foreign leaders and 10 international organization leaders, draw up the SCO development blueprint, build a consensus on cooperation among the "SCO family", and promote the SCO to stride towards the goal of building a closer community of shared future.

People from many countries are eagerly looking forward to President Xi Jinping attending the 2025 SCO Summit and delivering an important speech. I believe that under the joint leadership of President Xi Jinping and leaders of all parties, the Tianjin Summit will point out the direction for the development of the SCO and inject strong impetus for the development of the SCO, and promote the SCO to enter a new stage of high-quality development that is more united, more collaboration, more vitality and more capable, and continuously contribute the "SCO strength" to building a community with a shared future for mankind.

"Set new milestones in the development process of the SCO"

The tide of the sea and rivers is surging, and cooperation is win-win for the future. The international community generally expects that the "SCO Family" will once again write a new chapter in unity and cooperation.

"I believe that under the joint leadership of President Xi Jinping and leaders of various countries, the Tianjin Summit will become an important opportunity to promote the SCO to move forward, and will build the SCO into a model for deepening unity and cooperation and maintaining fairness and justice." said Serard Baktgulov, director of the Kyrgyzstan World Politics Institute.

From the bank of the Huangpu River to the coast of the Haihe River, the SCO has always upheld the "Shanghai Spirit" of mutual trust, mutual benefit, equality, consultation, respect for diverse civilizations and seeking common development for 24 years. It has gradually grown into the world's largest and most populous regional cooperation organization, successfully embarking on a path of regional cooperation that conforms to the trend of the times and meets the needs of all parties, and set up a model of a new type of international relations.

Baktgulov noticed that President Xi Jinping will propose new methods and paths for the SCO to constructively maintain the post-World War II international order and improve the global governance system during the Tianjin summit. The summit will also issue a statement on the victory of the World Anti-Fascist War and the 80th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations. "The 'Shanghai Spirit' provides a new paradigm of international relations, transcending old ideas such as conflict of civilizations and zero-sum games." He said, "The current international order is facing challenges, and the Tianjin Summit will point out the direction for the unity and development of the SCO."

Robind Sachedev, director and founder of the Indian Impression Institute, believes that under the complex and changing international situation today, the SCO has the ability and will play an increasingly important role in international and regional affairs, and the upcoming Tianjin Summit is highly anticipated.

Since China took over as the rotating presidency of the SCO in July last year, it has practiced the slogan of "Promoting the 'Shanghai Spirit': The SCO is in Action" and successfully held more than 100 rich events.

"The SCO was born in the common aspiration of peace and stability, and mutual trust is a strong support for the SCO." Marina Dmitrieva, deputy director of the Institute of Asian Science Innovation at the Far Eastern Federal University of Russia, said that through a series of activities and measures, China has further enhanced the cohesion of the SCO, enhanced the cohesion of the SCO in the global south and its influence on the international stage. We look forward to the SCO Tianjin Summit drawing a new blueprint for the development of the SCO.

Hamid Vafaère, director of the Center for Asian Studies at the University of Tehran, Iran, was impressed by the important propositions put forward by President Xi Jinping at the 2024 SCO Astana Summit, believing that these propositions reflect "a unique strategic vision and a grand global perspective."

"Looking forward to listening to President Xi Jinping's important speech at the Tianjin Summit." Vafae said that he believed that under the guidance of the "Shanghai Spirit", all countries will further deepen political mutual trust, refine mutually beneficial cooperation, promote the establishment of a more fair and reasonable global governance system, and "set new milestones in the development process of the SCO."

"Promote the SCO to achieve high-quality development"

In the Zhongbei Industrial Park, located in the suburbs of Minsk, the capital of Belarus, Kiril Karojeev, the first deputy general manager of Park Development Co., Ltd., carefully browsed the news about the SCO Tianjin Summit. "I am very much looking forward to President Xi Jinping's attendance at the Tianjin Summit. Under the joint leadership of President Xi Jinping and the leaders of all member states of the SCO, the Tianjin Summit will surely bring new opportunities for all parties to expand economic, trade and investment relations and strengthen the docking of development strategies." Karojeev said.

Belarus joined the SCO in 2024. "After joining the SCO, Belarus has launched a series of measures such as logistics coordination, transit optimization, and digital improvement to help the park attract more investment." Karojeev, who visited China many times, said that the Tianjin summit will bring exciting development cooperation prospects to the member states of the SCO.

In recent years, projects such as the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, the International Transport Corridor of Trans-Caspian Sea, and the China-Mongolia-Russia Economic Corridor have been successfully implemented. Focusing on the theme of "SCO Year of Sustainable Development" and focusing on development momentum and innovating, China has also hosted a number of training activities such as green development and poverty reduction, environmental protection information sharing, and green and low-carbon technology. The "SCO Family" pragmatic cooperation has entered the fast lane and benefited all parties.

Yasiru Lanaraja, founding director of Sri Lanka's "Belt and Road" organization, pays close attention to the upcoming SCO Tianjin Summit. He said that the Shanghai Cooperation Organization has been growing and growing in the 24 years since its establishment, which not only reflects inclusiveness, but also demonstrates attractiveness and vitality. This well-known Sri Lanka expert on international issues believes that the SCO provides a valuable cooperation platform for southern countries around the world, and Sri Lanka hopes to connect with the construction of regional trade integration promoted by the SCO.

"We wish the Tianjin Summit a great success!" Egyptian Foreign Minister Abdul Atti said in an interview with Xinhua News Agency that he looks forward to the summit making new progress on issues such as development financing and technical cooperation, and also looks forward to the SCO contributing wisdom to international finance and economic governance under the current new world economic situation and new challenges.

Rasulov, an expert on China in Tajikistan, said that China has made remarkable achievements in many areas such as governance, open cooperation, and innovative development, and has successfully explored the path of Chinese-style modernization and actively shared development experience with the "SCO Family". He believes that guided by the "Shanghai Spirit", "Tianjin Summit will put forward more new development ideas that meet the interests and expectations of all countries, and promote the SCO to achieve high-quality development."

"Play an important role in building a community with a shared future for mankind"

Sherik Korrumbayev, editor-in-chief of Kazakhstan Industrial News, has participated in activities under the framework of the SCO many times. What impressed him the most was the first SCO media summit held in Beijing in June 2018.

"In his congratulatory letter, President Xi Jinping pointed out that as an important bridge for the Shanghai Cooperation Organization countries to carry out exchanges and cooperation and promote mutual understanding among the people, the media must strive to be the promoter of the 'Shanghai Spirit', a pioneer of pragmatic cooperation, and a communicator of people-friendly," Korrumbayev said. "In today's profound changes in the world pattern and the transformation and development of the media, President Xi Jinping's words are still of great guiding significance."

Regarding the upcoming Tianjin Summit, Korrumbayev is particularly looking forward to listening to President Xi Jinping’s important explanation on SCO member states promoting civil exchanges. He believes that the summit will further deepen exchanges in multiple fields such as think tanks, media, and youth, continue to promote mutual understanding among the people, and promote the SCO to "play an important role in building a community with a shared future for mankind."

Strengthening exchanges and mutual learning and promoting mutual understanding among the people is the warm background of the SCO. In recent years, the SCO has had many exciting cooperation in the field of humanities education - the media think tank summit has built consensus, the youth exchange camp conveys friendship, the film festival has bloomed cultural charm, and the Luban Workshop has tightened the link of education cooperation...

"The SCO has provided a broad stage for cultural exchanges and mutual learning between civilizations among countries. This is my personal experience." Uzbekistan scholar Dilsoge Mirza Ahemidova, who has been studying and working in China for 15 years, said that he looks forward to the Tianjin Summit further enhancing the friendship between the people of the SCO member states. As the famous Uzbekistan poet Navoy said, "There is nothing better than living in friendship."

"The SCO family has different cultures and traditions, and this diversity is transformed into a synergy of solidarity and progress." Hassan Butt, senior associate professor at Bakhria University who was formerly director of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor project of the Department of Planning, Development and Special Projects in Pakistan, believes that this reflects the "Shanghai Spirit" and "SCO's charm". "In a challenging time, the SCO's role in promoting a better world is more important than ever."

Butt said that he believed that the Tianjin Summit will not only deepen the SCO cooperation in the fields of security and economic and trade, but will also further build a bridge for exchanges and mutual learning between civilizations and promote all parties to work together to build a closer SCO community with a shared future. (over)