Chinese President Xi Jinping is calling for a closer SCO community with a shared future, which is a paradigm of inclusiveness and mutual learning. He says the SCO highlights unity and mutual trust, underscores the sharing of weal and woe, and stresses mutual benefit and win-win results.
It is no easy task to establish a free trade area, but judging from the momentum the SCO has gained in its development, the basic conditions required are in place.
The Shanghai Spirit, a code of conduct characterized by mutual trust and benefits, equality, respect for cultural diversity, and the pursuit of common development, remains the core principle of the group.
Culturally rich Shandong Province was the home of Confucius and was the cradle of Confucian culture. President Xi has drawn on ancient Chinese classics and Confucian texts in his promotion of world peace.