ISTANBUL
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Monday said Beijing “honored” its commitment to “hold a friendly, uniting, and results-oriented” Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit.
Wang made the remarks during a live-streamed news conference following the 25th summit of the SCO heads of state and government in the Chinese port city of Tianjin.
“The SCO summit 2025 was successfully held in Tianjin and produced fruitful results,” Wang told reporters, adding that the bloc has become a “big family” with 27 countries.
“Over the past 24 years, since its founding, the SCO has acted in the spirit of the Shanghai spirit, which is mutual trust, mutual benefit, equality, consultation, respect for diversity of civilizations and pursuit of common development, and maintained a strong identity of prosperity and growth,” he said.
He also noted that the SCO has become “a regional cooperation organization," with "the biggest population, widest geographical scope, and greatest potential of growth.”
“China is ready to work with all countries to make the global governance system more fair and equitable and advance toward a community with a shared future for humanity,” the top diplomat told the reporters.
“We honored our commitment to hold a friendly, uniting, and results-oriented summit,” Wang said, adding that this summit “will take the SCO into a new stage of high-quality development, featuring stronger unity, more closer collaboration, greater vitality, and more effective actions.”
The leaders of the organization on Monday adopted 24 documents to strengthen cooperation in security, economy, and cultural exchanges.
The documents were adopted at the SCO summit of leaders in the northern Chinese port city of Tianjin.
China’s President Xi Jinping hosted the two-day summit of SCO leaders, as well as the “SCO plus” meeting, bringing together some 20 heads of state and government, along with leaders of international organizations.
It was the largest gathering of the SCO, as well as the fifth time hosted by China, since the bloc was formed in 2001.
The leaders also adopted a 10-year SCO Development Strategy until 2035, which “defines the priority tasks and main directions for deepening multifaceted cooperation in the interests of ensuring peace and stability, development and prosperity in the SCO space,” read the joint statement, dubbed the Tianjin Declaration.
Amid the US tariffs, which have roiled international markets, the SCO leaders expressed support for the multilateral trading system.
They also marked the 80th anniversary of World War II victory and of the founding of the UN, the declaration added.
The SCO evolved from the "Shanghai Five" mechanism comprising China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan before Uzbekistan joined as the sixth member. Today, it includes 10 member states, two observers, and 14 dialogue partners across Asia, Europe, and Africa.
Laos was accepted as the 15th dialogue partner at the Tianjin summit on Monday.
The organization covers approximately 24% of global land area and 42% of the world’s population, with member states accounting for roughly one-quarter of global GDP, and trade increasing nearly 100-fold in two decades.
China’s trade with SCO members, observers, and dialogue partners reached a record $890 billion in 2024, or 14.4% of its total foreign trade.
The previous SCO leaders’ summit was held in Kazakhstan in July 2024, where 25 strategic documents were adopted, covering the fields of energy, security, finance, and information security.
