Xi to chair SCO summit in Qingdao

BEIJING — President Xi Jinping will chair the 18th Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit, State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi announced on Monday.

The summit is scheduled for June 9 to 10 in Qingdao, a coastal city in east China's Shandong province, Wang said.

Leaders of SCO member states and observer states, as well as chiefs of relevant international organizations will attend the summit.