On June 9, 2018, President Xi Jinping hosted a banquet at the Qingdao International Conference Center to welcome foreign leaders attending the Qingdao Summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization.
This is a speech delivered by Xi Jinping.
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At the invitation of President Putin of the Russian Federation, President Xi Jinping will attend the 20th meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in Beijing on November 10 and deliver an important speech.
Affected by the epidemic, this meeting will be held by video.
This is the first time President Xi Jinping has attended a summit of multilateral organizations after the Fifth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. It is also China's major multilateral diplomatic action for the Eurasian region this year. It is of great significance.
In this special year, the cloud gathering "Wise", the SCO summit gives people hope and expectation.
China has achieved major strategic results in the fight against the epidemic and its economic growth rate has turned from negative to positive. What valuable experience does it have?
In the post-epidemic era, how can the SCO maintain a healthy and stable development?
The world is looking forward to the Chinese answer from President Xi Jinping.
On June 14, 2019, the 19th meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization was held in Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan.
This is the place where President Xi Jinping went to take a group photo with all parties involved after a large-scale meeting.
"Shanghai Spirit" Provides Strong Cohesion for SCO
The new crown pneumonia epidemic has seriously threatened the lives and health of people in all countries, and it has also brought many unstable and uncertain factors to the world economy.
The more this is the time, the more we must unite our efforts to cope with risks and challenges together.
During this summit, President Xi will continue to carry forward the "Shanghai Spirit" and discuss in-depth new ideas and measures to jointly cope with risks and challenges and jointly promote security, stability, and development and revitalization with leaders of the participating countries.
What is the "Shanghai Spirit"?
The "Shanghai Spirit" means mutual trust, mutual benefit, equality, consultation, respect for diverse civilizations, and seeking common development.
In just 20 words, it reveals the basic principles that should be followed in state-to-state exchanges.
In the past seven years, from Bishkek to Astana, from Qingdao to Bishkek, President Xi Jinping emphasized the "Shanghai spirit" every time he attended the SCO summit.
——Implement the "Shanghai Spirit", continuously enhance mutual trust among member states, carry out mutually beneficial cooperation on the basis of equality, consultation, mutual understanding and accommodation, conform to the trend of the times of peace and development, and conform to the interests and demands of the people of member states.
——The strong cohesion produced by the "Shanghai Spirit" is the guarantee for the development of this organization.
—— The Shanghai Cooperation Organization has always maintained vigorous vitality and strong cooperation momentum. The fundamental reason is that it creatively proposes and always implements the "Shanghai Spirit", advocating mutual trust, mutual benefit, equality, consultation, respect for diverse civilizations, and seeking common development.
-The Shanghai Cooperation Organization has maintained a strong momentum of development and has become an important constructive force for promoting regional security, stability, development and prosperity. The fundamental reason lies in always following the "Shanghai Spirit" and continuously strengthening unity and mutual trust.
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These incisive expositions on the "Shanghai Spirit" point out the direction for the development of the SCO.
Aerial photography of the automated container terminal in the Qianwan Port area of Qingdao Port. Qingdao Port has established friendly port relations with Russia's St. Petersburg Port.
"Shanghai Spirit" stimulates positive willingness to cooperate
"When those who desire millet do business, those who desire to govern are in accordance with the situation."
The establishment of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization dates back to the turn of the century.
At that time, the international political and economic order was facing profound adjustments, and the "three forces" of terrorism, extremism, and separatism threatened regional security and stability.
In 2001, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization came into being in Shanghai, China.
Nineteen years are in the same boat, and nineteen years we are together.
Under the guidance of the "Shanghai Spirit", SCO member states have comprehensively promoted cooperation in various fields, their economies are interdependent, and their interests have been unprecedentedly blended. They have actively played a constructive role in international and regional affairs, and established mutual respect, fairness, justice, and win-win cooperation. Model of a new type of international relations.
Looking back on the past, the achievements of the SCO have attracted the attention of the world.
——The total economy and population of the member states account for approximately 20% and 40% of the world's total, respectively, making it the most extensive and populous comprehensive regional cooperation organization in the world.
——With 8 member states, 4 observer states, and 6 dialogue partners, the international influence is constantly increasing, and it has become an important force that cannot be ignored in promoting world peace and development and maintaining international fairness and justice.
- The continuous accumulation of political mutual trust among member states and closer economic and trade exchanges have effectively maintained regional security and stability, and their contribution to world economic growth has continued to increase.
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"Practice has proved that the'Shanghai Spirit' has catalyzed strong cohesion and aroused a positive willingness to cooperate. It is an important ideological basis and guiding principle for the successful development of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization." President Xi Jinping's words reveal the internal reasons for the success of the SCO .
Join hands to build a closer SCO community with a shared future
"Confucianism advocates'walking along the great road, the world is for the public', and advocates'harmony of all nations, unity of one heart, and one family in the world'. This'harmony' concept has many similarities with the'Shanghai Spirit'."
In June 2018, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Summit was held in Qingdao, Shandong.
At the banquet welcoming distinguished guests from all over the world, President Xi Jinping used Confucianism to clarify the internal connection between the Chinese concept and the "Shanghai Spirit".
The Qingdao Summit has a special significance for the development of the SCO.
Under the auspices of President Xi, leaders of various countries have comprehensively planned the future direction and path of the SCO and reached a series of important consensuses; leaders of member states have signed and witnessed 23 cooperation documents, which is the most successful summit ever; Establishing a common philosophy for building a community with a shared future for mankind was written into the "Qingdao Declaration", and all parties uttered a strong voice of the times of "breathing together and sharing destiny"... The results exceeded expectations, and the Qingdao Summit set a new milestone for the development of the SCO.
The new journey calls for new actions.
In this regard, President Xi has pointed out the direction: "We must firmly grasp the trend of world multi-polarization and economic globalization, tap wisdom from the'Shanghai Spirit', gain strength from unity and cooperation, and work together to build a closer Shanghai Cooperation Organization's destiny. community."
On July 17, 2018, the campers of the 3rd Shanghai Cooperation Organization Youth Exchange Camp participated in a unique interactive experience of folk customs in Qingdao to experience traditional Chinese culture.
This is Sasha (left) from Kazakhstan learning guzheng playing.
China has consistently made the promotion of the development of the SCO one of its diplomatic priorities, promoted unity, mutual trust, and sincere cooperation among all parties, and injected new strong impetus into the SCO, which is entering a new journey.
-Rapid growth of trade.
In 2018 alone, the total trade volume between my country and SCO member states reached US$255 billion, an increase of 17.2% year-on-year, which was more than 7 percentage points higher than my country's overall foreign trade growth.
-Fruitful investment and financing results.
As of the end of April 2019, my country's total investment in various types of SCO member states exceeded US$87 billion.
-Significant progress in interconnection.
The China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan highway is fully connected, the China-Central Asia natural gas pipeline and the China-Kazakhstan and China-Russia crude oil pipelines have been completed and put into operation, and the China-Europe railway is operating normally and efficiently.
——Joining hands to fight the epidemic has achieved results.
During the critical period of China’s fight against the epidemic, the SCO expressed its condolences and support to the Chinese government and people; when the epidemic spread rapidly around the world, President Xi personally promoted international cooperation in epidemic prevention and control, and China actively offered to including SCO member states. Many countries provide assistance within their capacity.
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"The occurrence of the new crown pneumonia epidemic once again shows that mankind is a community of shared destiny." At present, the global epidemic crisis has not been resolved, and the international situation is turbulent. It is urgent for all parties to establish a sense of community with a shared future, watch each other and seek common development.
The 2020 SCO summit is just right.
At that time, President Xi Jinping will put forward a series of proposals on consolidating the unity and mutual trust of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, deepening cooperation in various fields, strengthening the "Belt and Road" and linking up with national development strategies and regional cooperation initiatives, supporting multilateralism, and building a community with a shared future for mankind. Chinese solutions and Chinese wisdom promote the sustained, healthy and stable development of the SCO in the post-epidemic era.
The prosperous SCO is bound to usher in a better tomorrow.
(CCTV Network of China Central Radio and Television)