Anti-drug agency proposed for SCO

China will push for the establishment of an anti-drug agency within the Shanghai Cooperation Organization to better fight cross-border trafficking, a senior anti-narcotics official with the Ministry of Public Security said.

"The agency is expected to coordinate the anti-drug cooperation efforts among SCO members, such as in intelligence sharing, case investigation, joint law enforcement operations and personnel training," Wei Xiaojun, deputy director of the ministry's Narcotics Control Bureau, told China Daily.

He did not give a timetable for its establishment, but said Chinese public security authorities are willing to negotiate with their counterparts from other SCO member countries.