President Xi Jinping said on Sunday that broad consensus had been reached at the 18th Shanghai Cooperation Organization Summit as leaders endorsed the Qingdao Declaration and a joint statement on trade facilitation.
US President Donald Trump arrived in Singapore on Sunday amid great optimism about Tuesday's summit with Democratic People's Republic of Korea top leader Kim Jong-un on improving ties and ultimately achieving the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.
China would like to make joint efforts with Russia to strengthen high-level trust and expand cooperation in all areas to pass on the China-Russia friendship to more generations, President Xi Jinping said on Friday.
President Xi Jinping conferred the Friendship Medal, the highest honor of China to foreigners, on Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday for his long-standing, prominent work in strengthening friendship and partnership between China and Russia.
Member countries of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization are expected to sign a joint action plan for 2019-20 during the two-day summit in Qingdao to further boost tourism, a senior Chinese official said on Friday.
Li Guangda, a volunteer at the 18th Shanghai Cooperation Organization Summit, said he has received many thumbs-up from foreign reporters for his professional and friendly assistance since he began serving at the information desk of the summit's media center.
Security cooperation among member countries of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization will be further enhanced to provide a safe environment for regional economic cooperation and development, a senior Chinese public security official said on Friday.
China and Kazakhstan should enhance the connection of their development strategies and boost cooperation in such areas as the economy, trade, energy and finance, President Xi Jinping said on Thursday.
President Xi Jinping will confer the first Friendship Medal ever awarded at the Great Hall of the People on Friday, part of the honors system that was established last July.
Qingdao is gearing up and sprucing up in every possible way as the coastal city in Shandong province gets ready to welcome visitors from afar at this weekend's 18th Shanghai Cooperation Organization Summit.
More than 130 heavily polluting plants have been removed from banks of Yangtze River
China needs to be prepared with flexible plans to respond to the inconsistent trade and economic policies of the administration of US President Donald Trump, as both sides still face a host of unresolved issues related to bilateral trade, experts said on Thursday.
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