SCO summit promotes regional stability, cooperation (2)

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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.

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