On the evening of November 10, President Xi Jinping attended the 20th meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Member States in Beijing by video and delivered an important speech.
■ The Shanghai Cooperation Organization should carry forward the “Shanghai Spirit”, strengthen anti-pandemic cooperation, maintain security and stability, deepen pragmatic cooperation, promote people-to-people bonds, and join hands to build a health and health community, a security community, a development community, and a humanities community, and make a contribution to the building of a community with a shared future for mankind. More practical exploration
■ Coronavirus pandemic has accelerated the adjustment of the international pattern, and the world has entered a period of turbulent change. The international community is undergoing major tests of multilateral and unilateral, openness and closure, cooperation and confrontation. “What’s going on in the world, what shall we do” has become the question of the times. People of all countries have a stronger yearning for a better life. The trend of the times of peace, development, cooperation and win-win is irresistible. History has proven and will continue to prove that good-neighborly friendship will surpass beggar-thy-neighbors, mutually beneficial cooperation will replace zero-sum games, and multilateralism will surely defeat unilateralism.
■ China is accelerating the formation of a new development pattern and building a new higher-level open economic system. China will unswervingly pursue a mutually beneficial and win-win opening strategy. All parties are welcome to seize new opportunities for China’s development and actively deepen cooperation with China
Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, November 10 (Xinhua) President Xi Jinping attended the 20th meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in Beijing on the evening of the 10th. The important speech of “Community of Destiny”. Xi Jinping emphasized that the Shanghai Cooperation Organization must carry forward the “Shanghai Spirit”, strengthen anti-pandemic cooperation, maintain security and stability, deepen pragmatic cooperation, promote people-to-people bonds, and work together to build a health and health community, a safety community, a development community, and a humanities community, in order to promote the building of a human destiny. The community makes more practical explorations.
The meeting was chaired by President Putin of Russia, the rotating presidency of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization. Prime Minister Modi of India, President Tokayev of Kazakhstan, Acting President Zaparov of Kyrgyzstan, Prime Minister Imran Khan of Pakistan, President Rah of Tajikistan Leaders of member states including Mongolian and Uzbek President Mirziyoyev, SCO Secretary-General Norov, SCO Regional Anti-Terrorism Agency Executive Committee Director Jiyosov and other permanent agency heads, as well as Afghan President Ghani, Iranian President Rouhani, Mongolian President Battulga, Belarusian Prime Minister Golovchenko and other observer country leaders and UN Secretary-General Guterres attended the meeting.
Xi Jinping emphasized that since the establishment of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, it has established a model of a new type of international relations featuring mutual respect, fairness, justice, and win-win cooperation. After the outbreak of Coronavirus pandemic, all parties worked together and helped each other, injecting positive energy into the stable development of the organization and international cooperation in the fight against the pandemic.
Xi Jinping pointed out that Coronavirus pandemic has accelerated the adjustment of the international pattern, and the world has entered a period of turbulent change. The international community is undergoing major tests of multilateral and unilateral, openness and closure, cooperation and confrontation. “What’s going on in the world, what shall we do” has become the question of the times. People of all countries have a stronger yearning for a better life. The trend of the times of peace, development, cooperation and win-win is irresistible. History has and will continue to prove that good-neighborly friendship will surpass beggar-thy-neighbors, mutually beneficial cooperation will replace zero-sum games, and multilateralism will surely defeat unilateralism.
Xi Jinping emphasized that under the current situation, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization must promote the “Shanghai Spirit”, deepen unity and cooperation, make greater contributions to the stability and development of regional countries, and make more practical explorations to promote the building of a community with a shared future for mankind.
First, strengthen anti-pandemic cooperation and build a health community. It is necessary to strengthen the joint prevention and control of all countries to maintain regional and global public health security. Support the World Health Organization to play a key leadership role, oppose the politicization and labelling of the pandemic, and jointly resist the “political virus.” China proposes that the CDCs of member countries set up a hotline, and is willing to actively consider the organization’s national vaccine needs.
Second, maintain security and stability and build a security community. We must follow a common, comprehensive, cooperative, and sustainable security concept, and effectively respond to various threats and challenges. We firmly support relevant countries to smoothly advance major domestic political agendas in accordance with the law, firmly support countries in maintaining political security and social stability, and firmly oppose external forces interfering in the internal affairs of member states under any pretext. Persist in resolving contradictions and differences through dialogue and consultation. Strictly prevent the “three forces” from using the pandemic to create chaos and raise the level of law enforcement and security cooperation among member states. All parties are welcome to participate in the “Global Data Security Initiative” initiated by China.
Third, deepen pragmatic cooperation and build a development community. It is necessary to continue to promote the joint construction of the “Belt and Road” initiative with the development strategies of various countries and regional cooperation initiatives such as the Eurasian Economic Union, smooth the regional economic cycle, and accelerate the resumption of work and production. Expand the scale of mutual investment and strengthen cooperation in the fields of digital economy, e-commerce, artificial intelligence, and smart cities. China will hold the China-Shanghai Cooperation Organization Digital Economy Industry Forum in Chongqing next year. Jointly implement more livelihood projects. China supports the establishment of the organization’s joint poverty reduction working group.
Fourth, promote people-to-people bonds and build a humanistic community. It is necessary to promote mutual learning and mutual learning among civilizations, and support exchanges and cooperation in the fields of education, culture, tourism, sports, media, and women. China will host the Shanghai Cooperation Organization People-to-People Friendship Forum next year and provide 600 youth exchange places for all parties in the next three years.
Xi Jinping emphasized that we must practice multilateralism with practical actions, uphold the principles of extensive consultation, joint contribution and shared benefits, improve global governance and maintain international order. The Shanghai Cooperation Organization should expand its partnership network and play a more active role in international and regional affairs.
Xi Jinping emphasized that China is accelerating the formation of a new development pattern and building a new higher-level open economic system. China will unswervingly pursue a mutually beneficial and win-win opening strategy. All parties are welcome to seize new opportunities for China’s development and actively deepen cooperation with China.
Xi Jinping finally emphasized that the organization will celebrate its 20th anniversary next year. Let us hold high the banner of “Shanghai Spirit”, cooperate sincerely, and forge ahead, promote the greater development of this organization, and build a closer community of destiny! (See the second edition for the full text of the speech)
The foreign leaders at the meeting positively commented on the progress of SCO cooperation in various fields, saying that various challenges and threats in the current international situation are increasing, and the Coronavirus pandemic has a serious negative impact on global politics, economy, and society. Countries should work together to combat the pandemic, and oppose the stigmatization of other countries through the pandemic. Adhere to multilateralism, uphold the international order based on the UN Charter and international law, uphold the multilateral trading system with the World Trade Organization as the core and rules-based, and promote an open world economy. Uphold the “Shanghai Spirit” of mutual trust, mutual benefit, equality, consultation, respect for diverse civilizations, and seeking common development, and promote the construction of a community with a shared future for mankind. Respect the path independently chosen by the people of all countries and oppose external forces interfering in the internal affairs of member states. Strengthen cooperation in trade, investment, production capacity, transportation, energy, innovation, digital economy and other fields to improve people’s livelihood and eradicate poverty. Deepen cultural exchanges. Support the “Belt and Road” initiative and the construction of the Eurasian Economic Union. Collaborate to combat the “three forces”, maintain data security and biosecurity, and work to resolve disputes peacefully through dialogue and consultation, and maintain security, stability and sustainable development in the region.
It was decided at the meeting that Tajikistan would take over the rotating chairmanship of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization.
The meeting passed and issued the “Moscow Declaration of the Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization” and on the joint response to the Coronavirus pandemic, the 75th anniversary of the victory of the Second World War, ensuring international information security, cooperation in the digital economy, and combating the use of Internet and other channels A series of statements on terrorism, separatism and extremism, and responding to the threat of drugs.
