SCO youths vow to stand up in world

More than 200 youth representatives from 12 member and observer countries of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization vowed to stand together to face new threats and challenges around the world and to strengthen trade, cultural and humanitarian cooperation.

The youths were participating in the ongoing SCO Youth Campus, which opened in Qingdao, Shandong province, on Monday.

The exchange event, now in its third year, was initiated by President Xi Jinping at the SCO summit in Ufa, Russia, in 2015 to enhance youth exchanges. The first event was in 2016. China agreed to host the event for five consecutive years.