On June 15, 2026, Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Foreign Minister Wang Yi attended and delivered remarks at the Reception on the Occasion of the 25th Anniversary of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Beijing.

Wang Yi said that the founding of the SCO 25 years ago turned a new page in contemporary international relations. Over the past 25 years, member states have worked together in solidarity, upheld moral principles, pursued common development and engaged in mutual learning. They have nurtured the “Shanghai Spirit”, which features mutual trust, mutual benefit, equality, consultation, respect for cultural diversity, and pursuit of common development. The SCO has pioneered a new model of regional cooperation among neighboring countries featuring partnership instead of alliance, under which all parties jointly safeguard security and stability and advance common development and prosperity. It has also established a new type of international relations centered on mutual respect, fairness, justice and win-win cooperation.

Wang Yi pointed out that momentous changes unseen in a century are accelerating, and the international landscape is increasingly volatile and turbulent. Bearing in mind the shared future of humanity, President Xi Jinping has put forward four global initiatives and advocated building a community with a shared future for humanity, charting the course for our times and offering China’s solutions. As an important stabilizing, constructive and progressive force in the world today, the SCO should better play its role, take on due responsibilities and set an example for advancing world peace, development, cooperation and win-win outcomes.

Wang Yi stressed that we must carry forward the “Shanghai Spirit”. We should deliver solid results to deepen SCO cooperation, broaden the path ahead, streamline state-to-state relations, and steadily enhance the Organization’s cohesion, execution and influence.

We need to improve global governance. We will champion true multilateralism, adhere to the principle of extensive consultation, joint contribution and shared benefits, uphold the authority and role of the United Nations, and advocate an equal and orderly multipolar world and a universally beneficial and inclusive economic globalization.

We need to safeguard peace and tranquility. We will uphold the vision of common, comprehensive, cooperative and sustainable security, promote peace and stability in the Middle East, support Afghanistan’s reconstruction and development, and realize long-term stability in the region.

We need to advance sustainable development. We will foster new growth drivers in trade and investment, connectivity, scientific and technological innovation, green industries and the digital economy, accelerate the preparation for the establishment of the SCO Development Bank, and strengthen industrial chains, stabilize supply chains and move up the value chain.

We need to enhance good-neighborly friendship and cooperation. We will boost people-to-people exchanges, advance dialogue between civilizations, support non-governmental friendship, and jointly build a peaceful, safe and secure, prosperous, beautiful and amicable home.

Wang Yi stated that under the strategic guidance of President Xi Jinping and leaders of all SCO member states, the Tianjin Summit has drawn a blueprint for the SCO’s development over the next decade. He is confident that the Bishkek Summit to be held this year will further build consensus among all parties and promote regional countries to work together for enduring peace, development and prosperity. This year marks the launch of China’s 15th Five-Year Plan period. China stands ready to share development opportunities with all SCO member states to deliver win-win results through cooperation and create an even brighter future for the region.

Secretary-General of the SCO Nurlan Yermekbayev noted in his speech that after 25 years of dedicated efforts, the SCO has entered its prime and grown into the world’s largest trans-regional international organization. In September 2025, the Tianjin Summit adopted the SCO’s development strategy for the next decade, setting an ambitious yet realistic development direction to elevate the effectiveness of cooperation. The growing global attention on the SCO demonstrates the wide appeal of its values and principles. He hoped all member states would work together to deliver continued benefits to people across the Organization and advance peace and development in the region.

Around 200 guests, including diplomatic envoys of SCO member states and representatives of international organizations stationed in China, attended the reception.