Posters: SCO to play greater role in promoting cause of human advancement

Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife, Peng Liyuan, on the evening of Aug. 31, 2025, hosted a banquet in Tianjin to welcome international guests attending the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit 2025.

The following is the highlight of President Xi's toast at the banquet.

— Since its founding, the SCO has stayed committed to the Shanghai Spirit, strengthening solidarity and mutual trust, deepening practical cooperation, and taking an active part in international and regional affairs.

— The SCO has grown into a significant force in promoting a new type of international relations and building a community with a shared future for humanity.

— At present, the century-defining transformation is accelerating across the world, with a marked increase in factors of instability, uncertainty, and unpredictability. The SCO thus bears an even greater responsibility for maintaining regional peace and stability and promoting development and prosperity of all countries.

— At this Summit, we are tasked with an important mission: to build consensus among all parties, ignite momentum for cooperation, and draw up a blueprint for development.

— I am confident that with the collective efforts of all parties, this Summit will be a complete success and the SCO will play an even greater role, achieve greater development, and make greater contribution to strengthening solidarity and cooperation among the member states, pooling the strength of the Global South, and promoting the cause of human advancement.