Chinese President Xi Jinping meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Samarkand on September 15, 2022. Photo: Xinhua Chinese President Xi Jinping is now paying his first foreign visit since the COVID-19 pandemic to Central Asia, and to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit.
The closer cooperation between China and the other members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization has offered opportunities for more young international students to get to know the real China and its inclusiveness. Olloyorova Malika Makhsudovna, a 24-year-old from Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan, who is now a student at Qingdao University in Shandong province, is witnessing the ever-growing economic and cultural exchanges between China and the other SCO member countries.
[LI MIN/CHINA DAILY] President Xi Jinping will attend the 22nd meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in the Uzbek city of Samarkand while paying a state visit to Uzbekistan from Thursday to Friday. The Chinese leader expressed his hopes that the organization can play a greater role in the region and beyond in a signed article carried by leading Uzbek media outlets on Tuesday.
This year's summit opened amid the 20th anniversary of the signing of its charter and the 15th anniversary of the Treaty on Long-Term Good-Neighborliness, Friendship and Cooperation. [Photo/Xinhua] The Shanghai Cooperation Organization's expansion testifies to the popularity of its principles and concepts, and it will continue to welcome more countries' participation, SCO Secretary-General Zhang Ming said recently.
