First report｜President Xi advocates the establishment of "four communities", and the SCO family practices this way
Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hua Chunying announced on September 16 that at the invitation of President Rahmon of the Republic of Tajikistan, President Xi Jinping will attend the 21st Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in Beijing on September 17. Meeting, the Joint Summit on Afghanistan among the leaders of the member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and the Collective Security Treaty Organization.
On November 10, 2020, President Xi Jinping delivered an important speech at the twentieth meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, and for the first time proposed the construction of a "health community", "safety community" and "development community" within the framework of the SCO. A major initiative of the "Humanistic Community".
On the evening of November 10, 2020, President Xi Jinping attended the 20th meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Member States in Beijing via video and delivered an important speech.
In the post-epidemic era, the member states of the SCO have taken the construction of the "four communities" as an opportunity to cooperate sincerely and move forward, and make more practical explorations to promote the construction of a community with a shared future for mankind.
From the foothills of the Tianshan Mountains to the shores of the Caspian Sea, from the Pamirs to the Kazakh grasslands, the idea of a community of shared destiny took root in Eurasia and blossomed.
Unite to fight the epidemic and build a health community
A young Uzbekist named Kenrebayev, who had studied at Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, turned his affection for China into three brave "retrogrades."
Around the Spring Festival of 2020, the new crown virus ravaged China, and Kenrebayev was very worried when he saw the news reports.
He bought more than 20,000 masks at his own expense and went to China twice to "retrograde" to relieve the urgent needs of teachers and classmates in Guangdong.
In April 2020, when the epidemic situation in Uzbekistan worsened, the Chinese government sent a medical team to assist Uzbekistan in carrying out epidemic prevention and control work.
After learning of the arrival of the Chinese doctor, Kenrebayev went "retrograde" again.
From his hometown of Gulistan, where the epidemic was relatively mild, he rushed to the capital Tashkent, more than 100 kilometers away, and volunteered to serve as an interpreter for the Chinese Medical Working Group.
Kenrebayev accompanied Chinese doctors to hospitals in Samarkand, Andiyan, Fergana and other places to conduct experience exchanges and on-site demonstrations.
He saw that many local medical staff used their mobile phones to record the whole process of putting on and taking off protective clothing by Chinese experts, and they were full of praise for Chinese doctors.
"Chinese experts unreservedly shared their anti-epidemic experience with our medical staff. Their professionalism made me very moved and admired." Kenrebayev said.
On April 20, 2020, in Fergana Region, Uzbekistan, Kenrebayev (right) communicated with members of the Joint Medical Working Group of the Chinese Government.
Since the outbreak of the epidemic, the SCO family has held high the banner of unity in fighting the epidemic.
From batches of medical supplies to bottles of vaccines, from "cloud meetings" to medical teams, China has made active contributions to the establishment of the Shanghai Cooperation Health Community.
This summer, Pakistani student Osama Kalim completed the vaccination in Chongqing, and his family in Pakistan also received the Chinese vaccination.
"Our family has been vaccinated in China, although they are in different places. After being vaccinated, we feel very safe. I used to worry about the health of my family, but now it’s much safer." Usama Kalim is currently in He is a PhD candidate at Southwest University. He is also a young director and has filmed documentaries about Chinese customs.
In recent years, under the promotion of the SCO Good-Neighborly Friendship and Cooperation Committee, the Uzbekistan SCO Non-governmental Diplomacy Center, and the Tajikistan SCO Friendship and Cooperation Center, SCO member states have organized the "Health Express and Bright Tour" and traditional medicine. Forums and other activities have continuously strengthened cooperation in the medical and health industry, and gathered a strong synergy to build a health and health community.
Take responsibility for safety and security, build a strong security community
Navzhuvonov, Director of the Internal Affairs Bureau of the Soght Region of Tajikistan, was deeply impressed by his trip to China a few years ago.
In 2015, a seminar for senior cadres of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Tajikistan opened in Shanghai. At that time, Navzhuvonov, who was the Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Tajikistan, led a delegation to participate.
The seminar was held at the China-Shanghai Cooperation Organization International Judicial Exchange and Cooperation Training Base in the Shanghai Institute of Political Science and Law.
Navzhuvonov recalled that he and his colleagues participated in training seminars on the types of terrorism and extremism, how the SCO responded to the threats of terrorism and extremism, and exchanged counter-terrorism experience with China.
"The high-level teaching of Chinese teachers and the demeanor of Chinese judicial personnel have left a deep impression on me." Navzhuvonov said.
On April 14, 2019, the opening ceremony of the seminar for judges from SCO member states was held at the China-Shanghai Cooperation Organization International Judicial Exchange and Cooperation Training Base.
On September 13, 2013, President Xi Jinping announced in his speech at the 13th meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization that China will establish a "China-Shanghai Cooperation Organization International Judicial Exchange and Cooperation Training Base" at the Shanghai Institute of Political Science and Law. Willing to use this platform to train judicial talents for other member states.
Navzhuvonov believes that the SCO has always maintained a high level of security cooperation, and the China-Shanghai Cooperation Organization International Judicial Exchange and Cooperation Training Base has made important contributions to promoting the SCO's security cooperation.
Since its establishment, the SCO has adopted the "Shanghai Convention on Combating Terrorism, Separatism and Extremism", "SCO Convention on Anti-Terrorism", "SCO Convention on Anti-Extremism," and other documents on security cooperation to establish regional counter-terrorism. The organization has carried out joint exercises, joint law enforcement, exchanges and training activities, and has played an irreplaceable role in maintaining regional security and stability.
The SCO’s security cooperation has expanded from combating the "three forces" to promoting the peace process in Afghanistan, maintaining network information security, combating arms smuggling and human trafficking, and preventing the spread of infectious diseases.
Mutual benefit and win-win to create a development community
Kadelbek Smankulov is the chief expert of the Agricultural Development Bureau of the Moscow District of Chuhe Oblast, Kyrgyzstan.
He went to China twice to learn modern agricultural technology, especially irrigation technology.
The most recent time was 2017.
In the Yangling Agricultural High-tech Industry Demonstration Zone in Shaanxi, Smankulov participated in an irrigation technology seminar, listened to professors from Northwest A&F University explaining water-saving irrigation technology, and followed Chinese experts to learn how to use drip irrigation in apple fields and corn fields. technology.
As the area of glaciers decreases and the population increases, Central Asia is facing water shortages, and agricultural irrigation is also affected.
"Due to the lack of water in Kyrgyzstan, drip irrigation technology is very important to us. We must learn to save water, just like I learned in China." Smankulov said.
In October 2020, the SCO Agricultural Technology Exchange and Training Demonstration Base was unveiled in Yangling.
SCO Secretary-General Norov said that the demonstration base is a platform for multilateral cooperation and will provide a model for SCO member states to create modern "smart agriculture".
Driven by the “Belt and Road” initiative, the SCO’s pragmatic cooperation in infrastructure, agriculture, energy and other fields has reached a new level in recent years.
In the central control room of the Sahiwal coal-fired power plant in Punjab, eastern Pakistan, the chief engineer on duty, Munib, wore a mask, stared at the numbers on the monitoring screen attentively, and skillfully recorded the values.
The Sahiwal coal-fired power station is the first major energy project completed and put into operation under the framework of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor.
Since it was put into operation in 2017, the power station has filled more than a quarter of Pakistan's electricity gap and occupies an important position in Pakistan's national power supply system.
Munib (right) and his Chinese colleagues are checking the operation of the equipment.
Munib was the first group of Pakistani university students to work in the power station.
After graduating from university in 2015, Munib was employed as a professional trainee for desulphurization and dust removal of the Power Plant Operation Department with excellent results, and was sent by the company to China Huaneng Dezhou Power Plant for a 9-month professional technical training.
"Modern system equipment, advanced technology concepts, environmentally friendly and efficient production processes... The efficient operation of Chinese power plants has opened my eyes and strengthened my confidence." Speaking of the training experience in China a few years ago, Mooney Bu's memory is still fresh.
"We not only learned the principles of technology in the classroom, but also followed the master in different positions. The skills learned in the training laid a solid foundation for my future work."
Exchange and mutual learning to build a humanistic community
Ruslan, a Kazakh native, is affectionately called "Panda Man" by Chinese netizens.
In September 2013, President Xi Jinping mentioned Ruslan in a speech at Nazarbayev University in Kazakhstan, and highly praised his touching deeds of participating in voluntary blood donations in China many times.
Ruslan’s hometown of Kazakhstan has snow-capped mountains and grasslands, but no sea.
And now, he lives in Hainan, facing the sea.
With a longing for Chinese culture, Ruslan came to Hainan to study in 2009.
While studying abroad, Ruslan saw the blood donation vehicle on campus, and after a blood test, he learned that he was RH-negative blood, which is the scarce "panda blood" in China.
Since then, Ruslan has participated in unpaid blood donations many times and has donated more than 5,000 ml of blood in total.
In 2019, Ruslan became the global press officer of the Hainan International Economic Development Bureau and devoted himself to the construction of Hainan Free Trade Port.
In May of this year, the first China International Consumer Goods Fair was successfully held in Hainan. Ruslan, who is in charge of investment promotion and publicity, has personally felt China's determination to promote high-level opening up.
After the end of the Consumer Fair, Ruslan's work is still busy.
In July, he and his colleagues visited Shanghai, Jiaxing and other places to learn about the centuries-old history of the Communist Party of China and its achievements in governance.
Not long ago, Ruslan went to the Beijing Service Trade Fair to "learn from experience" in preparation for the next Consumer Fair.
Ruslan at the 50-day countdown to the first China International Consumer Goods Fair and the mascot launch.
Due to work and the epidemic, Ruslan has not returned to his hometown for 3 years.
Every time he saw wheat and other agricultural products from Kazakhstan at major exhibitions, he missed his homeland and relatives very much.
"I regard the inheritance and development of the Kazakhstan-China friendship as my life's career. In the future, I hope to promote the tourism cooperation between Kazakhstan and China, so that more Kazakhs can come to Hainan to see the sea, and I also hope that more Kazakh companies will come to Hainan. Development." Ruslan said.
Ruslan's story shows the warmth and friendship of the SCO family.
The diversity of civilizations composed of different ethnic groups, different languages, and different religions endows the SCO with an inclusive, inclusive and open temperament; cooperation in the fields of cultural relics protection and youth exchanges promotes the flourishing of the SCO's humanistic cooperation.
The ancient city of Khiva in Uzbekistan is a world cultural heritage. This ancient city, known as the "Pearl on the Ancient Silk Road", has extremely high historical and cultural value.
Due to disrepair, some buildings in the ancient city were damaged to varying degrees.
In 2014, Uzbekistan and China decided to cooperate in the protection and restoration of the ancient city of Khiva, focusing on the restoration and renovation of the Amir Tula School of Scripture and the Hassan Murad Kushbeji Mosque and the surrounding environment in the ancient city.
In 2020, the restoration of the ancient city of Khiva will be completed.
Xu Yan, vice president of the Chinese Academy of Cultural Heritage, said that China adheres to the principles and concepts of international cultural heritage protection during the restoration process, and tries its best to preserve the original state and historical information of cultural relics during restoration, and try to use local traditional crafts and materials to obtain The local people generally agree.
When it comes to the restoration of the ancient city of Khiva with China's assistance, Kuzyev, the former Minister of Culture and Sports of Uzbekistan, is grateful.
He said that Chinese experts have in-depth understanding of Uzbekistan's traditional culture and customs and in-depth study of local craftsmanship, so that the ancient city of Khiva can be reborn.
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