Chinese President Xi Jinping dropped some big plans at the 25th SCO Council of Heads of State meeting in Tianjin, laying out a fresh vision for regional unity and development 🌏. Heres the lowdown:
- SCO Spirit: Trust, mutual benefit, equality, and respect for diverse cultures 🤝
- Security Wins: First mover on joint actions against terrorism, separatism, and extremism 🛡️
- Connectivity Boost: Over 14,000 km of international land routes and 110,000+ ChinaEurope Railway Express trips 🚄
- Trade Milestones: $2.3 trillion in cumulative trade, with the blocs GDP nearing $30 trillion 📈
- People-to-People: Expanded youth exchanges, think-tank meetups, and cooperation in media, women, and subnational ties 💬
Looking ahead, Xi urged SCO members to:
- Seek common ground while shelving differences 🤝
- Pursue win-win development via the Belt and Road and digital economy 💡
- Champion openness through cultural exchanges and inclusive growth 🌱
- Uphold fairness by supporting multilateral trading systems with WTO at the core ⚖️
- Deliver real results with efficient reforms, a new SCO development bank, and more 🚀
Plus, China plans 100 "small and beautiful" livelihood projects, RMB 2 billion in grants, RMB 10 billion in SCO loans, more scholarships, and 10 Luban Workshops in the next five years 🎓.
Xi closed with a Chinese proverb: "Where rivers merge, no boundary holds." The message? Keep the SCO spirit alive and build a shared future together ✨.
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Full text: Xi's speech at 25th SCO Council of Heads of State meeting
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