Forum to help guide regional group's path to its next summit

About 100 delegates and experts from member and observer states and dialogue partners of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization discussed issues concerning the SCO's development in a new era at a forum on Monday.

The forum, hosted in Beijing by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, included discussions on topics such as economic growth, regional stability, multilateral cooperation and a community of shared future.

Those who addressed the forum included Li Peilin, vice-president of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, and Rashid Alimov, secretary-general of the SCO.