National coordinators discuss a development strategy to 2035

The Council of National Coordinators reviewed preparations for the 2025 heads-of-state summit and the draft Tianjin Declaration. The source captures the work of agenda formation before leaders’ formal...

The Council of National Coordinators met online from 30 June to 1 July to advance draft documents, including the Tianjin Declaration and long-term development strategy, for the September summit.

Foreign ministers met in Tianjin and reviewed drafts for the upcoming heads-of-state meeting. China chaired the meeting as the SCO presidency continued its annual cycle.

Agriculture ministers met in Kunming and held dialogue with representatives of Egypt, Cambodia, and Myanmar. The meeting framed food and agriculture as areas for regional and partner cooperation,...

National coordinators met online on 4–5 August to review draft summit documents. The multi-stage drafting process illustrates how official declarations are negotiated before their public...

The Council of National Coordinators met online from 18–20 August to continue work on documents for the Tianjin summit. The sequence reveals the procedural labor behind summit diplomacy.

The coordinators’ meeting opened in Beijing on 27 August to discuss the draft Tianjin Declaration, development strategy, and other documents expected for leaders’ consideration.

At their final meeting on 30 August, senior national representatives agreed on a package of documents for the heads-of-state council. The formal summit would determine which texts became adopted...

At the Tianjin summit, leaders decided to grant Laos the status of SCO dialogue partner. This expanded the organization’s external-partner network without making Laos a member state.

The twenty-fifth Council of Heads of State met in Tianjin and adopted 24 documents, including the Tianjin Declaration and the SCO Development Strategy to 2035. The declaration’s multipolar and...