PriortotheplenarysessionoftheSCOQingdaoSummit,XiJinpingposestogetherwithotherparticipantsforagrouppicture.
The18thMeetingoftheCouncilofHeadsofMemberStatesoftheShanghaiCooperationOrganization(SCO)isheldinQingdaoofeastChina鈥檚ShandongProvincewithPresidentXiJinpingpresidingovertheSCOsummitanddeliveringaspeech.The18thMeetingoftheCouncilofHeadsofMemberStatesoftheShanghaiCooperationOrganization(SCO)heldineastChina鈥檚portcityofQingdaomarkedthefirstgatheringofleadersofallitseightmemberstates鈥攕inceIndiaandPakistanwereadmittedasfullmemberslastyear.ChinesePresidentXiJinpingchairedtheSCOannualsummitonJune10,aimingtobringthegrouptoasharedfutureofcommonprosperityamidglobalinstabilityanduncertainty.
JoinedbyleadersfromacrossEurasiaandheadsofinternationalorganizationsataroundtablemeeting,Xihailedthe17-year-oldorganizationas鈥渁newmodelforregionalcooperation鈥漚ndsharedideasonhowtotackleglobalchallenges.
Thetwo-daysummitsawleaderssigndocumentsindiversefieldsincludingsecurity,tradefacilitation,andpeople-to-peopleexchanges,sendingoutasignalofunityandcollaborationagainstthebackdropofglobalchallengessuchashegemony,powerpolitics,securitythreats,unilateralism,andtradeprotectionism.