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xinhua news agency, beijing, september 9 (reporter dong xue) on september 9, the ministry of foreign affairs held a briefing on my country's work as the rotating presidency of the shanghai cooperation organization. vice foreign minister sun weidong introduced the relevant situation to sco ambassadors to china and chinese and foreign media.

sun weidong said that china has taken over the rotating presidency of the sco from 2024 to 2025 and will host the 25th meeting of the council of heads of state of the sco member states in china next year. the sco is the first international organization founded by china and named after a chinese city. since its establishment in 2001, it has always followed the "shanghai spirit", embarked on a fruitful path of peaceful development, and set an example for building a new type of international relations.

sun weidong pointed out that china is a founding member of the sco and has always regarded the sco as a diplomatic priority. china will take the opportunity of taking over the rotating presidency to work with the sco countries to keep in mind the original mission, adhere to unity and cooperation, implement the three major global initiatives, and make positive contributions to lasting peace and common prosperity in the world. next year's summit is the most important event within the sco framework and the most core event during china's presidency. china will host a friendly, united and fruitful sco summit to build consensus among all parties and draw up a blueprint for development.

sun weidong introduced china's ideas on work related to the presidency term.

first, around a theme, namely the sco year of sustainable development, china will carry out a series of cooperation and actions in the eight key areas of the global development initiative proposed by president xi jinping, including poverty reduction, food security, public health, development financing, climate change and green development, industrialization, digital economy, and connectivity.

second, two important documents were formulated. in conjunction with the 80th anniversary of the victory of the chinese people's war of resistance against japanese aggression and the world anti-fascist war and the 80th anniversary of the founding of the united nations, a summit declaration was issued to voice the common voice of member states on major international and regional issues. in conjunction with the consensus and willingness of member states in practical cooperation, the next stage of the sco development strategy was formulated.

the third is to put into practice a slogan with concrete actions, namely, "promoting the 'shanghai spirit': sco in action". china uses the word "action" as the key word in its work as the presidency, and will hold more than 100 meetings and activities within the framework of the sco, further deepening practical cooperation in various fields of the sco with concrete actions, consolidating political mutual trust, maintaining common security, promoting common prosperity, strengthening people-to-people exchanges, and improving the effectiveness of the mechanism.

sun weidong also answered questions from reporters on promoting the "shanghai spirit" and building the "belt and road" with high quality. (end)