President Xi Jinping (C, front) attends the 13th Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Sept 13, 2013. [Photo/Xinhua]

MORE FOCUS ON ECONOMY, HUMANITY COOPERATIONS

The pragmatic cooperation among SCO members is currently on a fast track, fueled by the twin engines of economic and security cooperation.

In the past decade, the SCO has made remarkable achievements in regional economic cooperation. With trade scale grown and cooperation mechanism established, members states also witnessed creation of the Entrepreneurs Committee and the Inter-bank Association as well as a batch of infrastructure projects in energy, traffic and telecom fields.

Chinese President Xi Jinping proposed in Astana last Saturday that China and Central Asia join hands to build a Silk Road economic belt to boost cooperation.

The proposal was warmly welcomed by other members. They pledged to expand trade scale, facilitate investment, lift regional communication and shore up traffic, energy and information network infrastructure.

They also called for a quickly show-up of a multilateral financiers to better fund the cooperation projects.

In the regard of humanity, summit participants unanimously agreed to promote cooperation in education, sports and tourism among others.

They also pledged to continue the cultural exchange to to build stronger public support for the regional cooperation.

PLANNING LONG-TERM DEVELOPMENT

At the summit, SCO leaders approved a framework to implement the Treaty on Long-Term Good-Neighborliness, Friendship and Cooperation. The framework is essentially important for SCO's healthy development, for it will guide its members to promote political mutual trust and conduct in-depth pragmatic cooperation.

Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Cheng Guoping said that the framework confirms nearly seventy cooperative measures in over twenty domains, and sets a five-year plan for cooperation from cementing interstate relations to implementing projects.

In line with consensus reached by the leaders, the SCO plans to launch cooperation in law enforcement departments between member states and observer states this year.

Such cooperation is expected between member states and dialogue partners in 2014.

Those steps are conducive to build consensus and joint efforts.

Being an important member of SCO, China plays a big role in propelling the group development and its internal cooperation. In light of the developing regional situation, China raised many proposals for SCO's development, which were recognized by the relevant parties.

Dmitry Mezentsev, SCO's secretary general, believed that the group has been well-developed in all directions during the last twelve years which is not a long time in a historical range.

In the coming years, scales, contents and level of the cooperation among SCO members will further develop, said Mezentsev, asserting that it has a bright future.