Compose a New Chapter in the Development and Cooperation of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Agriculture | Shanghai Cooperation Organization | New Chapter
On May 22nd, people took a group photo at the Qingdao SCO Pearl International Expo Center located in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Demonstration Zone.
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On April 12th, at the Luban Workshop in Dushanbe, the capital of Tajikistan, Wu Zhengpeng, a teacher from Tianjin Urban Construction Management Vocational and Technical College, explained to students the methods of using surveying and mapping instruments.
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On May 20th, a foreign media reporter team from the China Asia Summit visited the Yangling Demonstration Zone to experience the beauty of modern agriculture and appreciate the charm of agricultural technology.
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On June 15th, participants exchanged ideas at the 2023 Shanghai Cooperation Organization International Investment and Trade Expo.
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Overlooking the Qingdao SCO Pearl International Expo Center.
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In recent years, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) countries have practiced the "Shanghai Spirit" of mutual trust, mutual benefit, equality, consultation, respect for diverse civilizations, and seeking common development. They have continuously expanded the vast space for common development, deepened cooperation in fields such as economy, trade, agriculture, and humanities, and achieved results that benefit people of all countries.
Economic and trade exchanges——
Expanding cooperation channels in local economic and trade cooperation demonstration zones
330 enterprises and institutions participated in the exhibition, and 25 projects with a total investment of 31 billion yuan were successfully signed... Recently, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Industrial Chain Supply Chain Forum and the 2023 Shanghai Cooperation Organization International Investment and Trade Expo were held in Qingdao, Shandong. The lively atmosphere at the venue outlined the thriving development of economic and trade cooperation among Shanghai Cooperation Organization countries.
In 2018, at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Qingdao Summit, China pledged to support the construction of a China Shanghai Cooperation Organization local economic and trade cooperation demonstration zone in Qingdao. As a national level platform for local economic and trade cooperation with Shanghai Cooperation Organization countries, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Demonstration Zone has continuously promoted connectivity and innovative cooperation models over the past five years. The trade volume with Shanghai Cooperation Organization countries has increased from 850 million yuan in 2019 to 8.1 billion yuan in 2022.
On May 12th, after completing the customs clearance procedures at Qingdao Customs, the first China Europe freight train, the "SCO Express", was dispatched from the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Demonstration Zone Multimodal Transport Center. This special train is loaded with 150 domestic cars and will arrive in Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan, 16 days later. Along this logistics channel, the "steel camel caravan" continuously brings a variety of goods and various business opportunities to countries along the route.
Strengthening interconnectivity is one of the important contents of the construction of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization demonstration zone. Up to now, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Demonstration Zone has regularly operated 31 train routes, reaching 54 cities in 23 countries along the the Belt and Road. In addition, the international hub port of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization demonstration zone, which is under planning and construction and is linked by the four ports of sea, land, air, and rail, has been approved by the United Nations as an international port code and will become a "gateway" for Shanghai Cooperation Organization countries to the Asia Pacific market. Zhang Ming, Secretary General of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, stated that the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Demonstration Zone has effectively promoted local economic and trade cooperation, and has condensed the strength of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization through openness.
Expanding logistics hub channels, building multilateral economic and trade cooperation service platforms, constructing two-way investment cooperation, and building commercial, tourism, and cultural exchange carriers... Since its establishment, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Demonstration Zone has continuously deepened and solidified the economic and trade cooperation of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, providing new business models and examples for the regional economic cooperation development of Shanghai Cooperation Organization member countries.
Alisher Sabirov, Director of the Department of Historical, Cultural Heritage and Humanities Studies at the Central Asian International Research Institute, told our reporter that since the establishment of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, the proportion of economic and trade cooperation issues has continued to increase, and a series of achievements have been made in areas such as connectivity and production capacity cooperation. The attractiveness of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization to member countries is also increasing. In the future, all parties can strengthen cooperation in the fields of digital economy, cloud computing, artificial intelligence, etc. This not only promotes the digital transformation of Shanghai Cooperation Organization countries, but also opens up new prospects for economic cooperation within the Shanghai Cooperation Organization region.
Agricultural cooperation——
Shanghai Cooperation Organization Agricultural Demonstration Base Construction Technology Exchange Platform
Starting from the eastern starting point of the ancient Silk Road, Xi'an, Shaanxi, and heading west, passing through the "Apple City" of Almaty, the "Sun City" of Tashkent, and the "Garden City" of Bishkek... Nowadays, these historic cities that are renowned around the world due to the ancient Silk Road are continuously writing new chapters of Silk Road cooperation under the promotion of the construction of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Agricultural Technology Exchange and Training Demonstration Base.
On June 14, 2019, at the 19th meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, China proposed the establishment of a Shanghai Cooperation Organization agricultural demonstration base in Shaanxi to strengthen cooperation in the field of modern agriculture with regional countries. Since its completion in Yangling, Shaanxi, the base has become a "model room" for agricultural technology cooperation of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, and an important force in the joint construction of the "the Belt and Road" agricultural science and technology landscape.
These days, in the laboratory of the School of Food Science and Engineering at Northwest A&F University, Kazakhstani international student Marati is busy analyzing various experimental data. Outside the campus, Malati also has an identity as an employee of a cross-border trading company. In 2019, when the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Agricultural Demonstration Base was established, Malati saw development opportunities and joined a Sino Kazakhstan import and export trading company to help Kazakhstan export beef and mutton to China. "My learning and work experience in China is very valuable, which has provided me with great help in engaging in Harbin China trade," Marati said.
Technological exchange is an important part of agricultural cooperation among Shanghai Cooperation Organization countries. In Kyrgyzstan, in response to the frequent occurrence of diseases such as foot-and-mouth disease, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Agricultural Demonstration Base provides training for personnel from Kyrgyzstan on animal and plant inspection and quarantine, as well as disease prevention and control; In Kazakhstan, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Agricultural Demonstration Base actively coordinated and helped Kazakhstan introduce new Chinese wheat varieties; In Tajikistan, China Tajikistan cooperates to build the China Thailand Tajikistan Agricultural Textile Industrial Park, which has been equipped with hundreds of thousands of acres of cotton fields and multiple ginning factories... The construction of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Agricultural Demonstration Base has expanded the scope of openness and cooperation between China and Shanghai Cooperation Organization countries. On May 31st, the Uzbekistan National Commodity and Raw Material Exchange settled in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Agricultural Demonstration Base Economic and Trade Investment Promotion Center, marking a new important step in economic and trade cooperation in the agricultural field among Shanghai Cooperation Organization countries.
Over the past four years, the Yangling Demonstration Zone, where the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Agricultural Demonstration Base is located, has actively expanded new paths for agricultural opening-up through base construction. It has built 8 agricultural science and technology demonstration parks in Kazakhstan and other countries, dispatched 73 batches of 194 expert teams to provide foreign aid guidance, promoted more than 100 crop varieties and supporting cultivation technologies, and covered an overseas radiation area of over 2 million hectares. It has conducted 56 foreign aid training projects for Shanghai Cooperation Organization countries and developing countries, and trained more than 2000 students, which has been widely welcomed by Shanghai Cooperation Organization countries.
Pakistani Prime Minister Shabaz Sharif stated that agriculture is the backbone of Pakistan's economy and an important source of foreign exchange. The Shanghai Cooperation Organization's agricultural technology cooperation has brought new opportunities for Pakistan's agricultural development.
Cultural exchange——
The concept of "SCO big family" has become more deeply rooted in people's hearts
Looking back at the history of friendly exchanges between Shanghai Cooperation Organization countries, from Zhang Qian's mission to the Western Regions to the brilliant performances of young people from various countries on cultural exchange platforms, stories of cultural exchange and mutual learning have laid a solid foundation for deepening cooperation among Shanghai Cooperation Organization countries.
More than 800 million young people worldwide live in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization region, and they are an important force for the development and progress of the entire region. Tajik international student Ahmedov is currently studying international construction project management at Tsinghua University. He is also the project manager of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Youth Platform and has participated in several simulated Shanghai Cooperation Organization activities. He went to Shanghai, Qingdao and other places to conduct research, complete research reports related to the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, and hold book club activities... Time and time again, he deeply felt that the Shanghai Cooperation Organization is a vibrant big family.
During his 8 years in China, Ahmedov witnessed the rapid development of China and also felt the increasing frequency of personnel exchanges between China and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization countries. "More and more young people from Shanghai Cooperation Organization countries are choosing to study in China. Students have benefited greatly from China's development experience and have a deep affection for China. In the future, I hope to devote myself to the field of infrastructure construction and use what I have learned to bridge the gap in civil exchanges between Shanghai Cooperation Organization countries," said Ahmedov.
In early May this year, the Astana branch of the China Kazakhstan Traditional Medicine Center began trial operations. The center covers an area of approximately 300 square meters and is equipped with professional diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation areas such as reception rooms and traditional Chinese medicine treatment rooms. Ma Wenxuan, a young Kazakh, came to work in the center after graduating from the acupuncture and moxibustion and massage major of Shaanxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Ma Wenxuan told our reporter that many patients are satisfied with the effectiveness of traditional Chinese medicine treatment, and more and more local people are beginning to understand traditional Chinese medicine. "Some sick children have received good treatment here, and the scene of parents and children expressing gratitude is touching. The cooperation between Harbin and China Medical has built a bridge of public understanding," said Ma Wenxuan.
Organize the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Forum on Traditional Medicine and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Conference on Medical Cooperation and Development; Implementing the "Healthy Express International Bright Tour" series of actions and providing free surgeries for cataract patients in Shanghai Cooperation Organization countries... The Shanghai Cooperation Organization's cooperation in global health governance, infectious disease information sharing, drug and vaccine research and development, biosafety, and traditional medicine has gathered people's hearts and public opinion, becoming an important force in building a human health community.
In March, the Kunming Marathon of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization fired guns and started running, with about 10000 marathon participants expressing their love for a healthy lifestyle through running; In April, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization National Children's Art Exhibition, "Yihui Silk Road - Silk Road Childlike Heart," launched a solicitation process, showcasing elements such as sports, dreams, and peace doves, showcasing the beautiful scene of people from various countries getting to know and getting to know each other; In June, the "People to People Connection" Shanghai Cooperation Organization Youth Sports and Culture Festival was launched, and a series of sports events allowed young people from Shanghai Cooperation Organization countries to better exchange ideas
Time keeps moving forward, and the story of friendship continues to be written. The Shanghai Cooperation Organization countries actively expand cooperation areas, enrich cooperation levels, consolidate cooperation consensus, write a new chapter of cooperation, and make more contributions to promoting regional peace and stability and jointly building a better world.
