New resolve for regional integration

Deepening regional integration and strengthening production capacity cooperation take priority on the agenda of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization members.

The leaders of China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, who were meeting in Zhengzhou in Central China's Henan province, detailed a series of measures to expand multilateral cooperation in fields such as trade, finance, culture, agriculture, transportation, telecommunications and tourism in a statement issued after their meeting on Tuesday.

These are necessary steps to implement the overall development strategy, which was approved during the SCO summit in Russia in July, and pave the way for deepened pragmatic cooperation and economic integration in the region.