

The SCO member states must rise to the call of the times, keep in mind their founding mission, and stay in unity and coordination to bring more certainty and positive energy to world peace and development.įirst, the SCO member states should keep to the right direction and enhance solidarity and mutual trust. Xi Jinping said his answer is this: the people's wish for a happy life is China's goal, and peace, development and win-win cooperation are the unstoppable trends of the times.


Unity or split, peace or conflict, cooperation or confrontation-these are the questions raised again by our times. Xi Jinping stressed that the world today is undergoing both transformation and upheaval changes unseen in a century are unfolding at a faster pace human society faces unprecedented challenges. This has strengthened the progressive forces for world peace and stability. They have built partnerships featuring dialogue instead of confrontation, and cooperation instead of alliance. The SCO member states have upheld international fairness and justice, and opposed hegemonic, high-handed, and bullying acts. They have called for peaceful coexistence and harmonious development of different civilizations. The SCO member states have carried forward the spirit of good-neighborliness, and advocated equality, mutual learning, dialogue and inclusiveness between civilizations. This has helped promote coordination in their economic development.

The SCO member states have embraced the development philosophy of innovative, coordinated, green, open and shared growth, and synergized their national development strategies and regional cooperation initiatives. Together they have safeguarded peace and tranquility in the region. The SCO member states have acted out the concept of common, comprehensive, cooperative and sustainable security, accommodated each other's legitimate security concerns, and responded to both traditional and nontraditional security challenges. They have become trustworthy partners on their paths to development and national rejuvenation. The SCO member states have followed the fine tradition of standing together through thick and thin, as passengers in the same boat should do, and they have firmly supported each other in standing up for their respective core interests. At the forefront of this trend is the SCO, upholding this very concept and the Shanghai Spirit to build an SCO community with a shared future. Since then, the concept of a community with a shared future for mankind has gained extensive recognition and support from the international community, and has been transforming from an idea to action and a vision to reality. Xi Jinping pointed out that ten years ago, in view of the changes of the world, of our times and of the trajectory of history, he put forward the notion that mankind, living in the same global village, are increasingly becoming a community with a shared future in which everyone's interest is closely interlinked. On the afternoon of July 4, 2023, President Xi Jinping attended the 23rd Meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) via video link in Beijing and delivered an important statement titled “Staying True to Our Founding Mission and Advancing Unity and Coordination to Realize Greater Development”.
