Xi says SCO Tianjin summit aims to draw up blueprint for development

Chinese President Xi Jinping said the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit 2025 aims to build consensus, ignite momentum for cooperation and draw up a blueprint for development on Sunday.

Xi made the remarks at a banquet to welcome international guests who are in China's port city of Tianjin to attend the SCO Tianjin Summit from Sunday to Monday.

"Since its founding, the SCO has stayed committed to the Shanghai Spirit, strengthening solidarity and mutual trust, deepening practical cooperation, and taking an active part in international and regional affairs. The SCO has grown into a significant force in promoting a new type of international relations and building a community with a shared future for humanity," Xi said.

"At this Summit, we are tasked with an important mission: to build consensus among all parties, ignite momentum for cooperation, and draw up a blueprint for development. Tomorrow, I will join our colleagues at the Meeting of the Council of Heads of Member States. We will also convene the 'SCO Plus' Meeting with leaders of non-SCO members and international organizations. We will focus on how to strengthen cooperation, promote development, and improve global governance. I am confident that with the collective efforts of all parties, this Summit will be a complete success," he said.

Held at Tianjin's Meijiang Convention and Exhibition Center, the welcome banquet was attended by over 20 heads of state and government, as well as their spouses, and more than 10 leaders of international organizations.

Founded in Shanghai in June 2001, the SCO has expanded from six founding members into a 26-nation family of 10 members, two observers and 14 dialogue partners spanning Asia, Europe and Africa.

With major emerging markets and developing countries such as China, Russia and India among its members, the SCO represents nearly half of the world's population and a quarter of the global economy.

Xi says SCO Tianjin summit aims to draw up blueprint for development

Xi says SCO Tianjin summit aims to draw up blueprint for development

Xi says SCO Tianjin summit aims to draw up blueprint for development

Xi says SCO Tianjin summit aims to draw up blueprint for development

Xi says SCO Tianjin summit aims to draw up blueprint for development

Chinese Premier Li Qiang on Thursday presided over a State Council executive meeting that studied work on building a unified national market and reviewed and approved a plan for the development of a modern emergency response system during the 15th Five-Year Plan period (2026-2030).

Noting that building a unified national market is essential to advancing high-quality development, the meeting called for deepening institutional frameworks in areas such as property rights protection, market access, fair competition, social credit and market exit mechanisms.

The meeting also urged efforts to advance high-standard connectivity of market infrastructure to facilitate smooth economic circulation and effectively reduce logistics costs across society.

Emergency management is critical to protecting people's lives and property, the meeting said. It called for accelerating the development of a modern emergency response system, deepening reform and innovation in emergency management, and improving coordinated response mechanisms.

Efforts should be made to strengthen risk prevention at the source, enhance monitoring, forecasting and early warning, and accelerate a shift in governance toward proactive prevention, according to the meeting.

A draft revision of the Law on the People's Bank of China was also discussed and approved in principle at the meeting, which decided to submit the draft to the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress for deliberation.

Chinese premier chairs State Council executive meeting