Chinese president Xi Jinping on Monday proposed the global governance initiative for advancing toward a community with a shared future for humanity.
He made the proposal in the Shanghai Corporation Organization plus meeting held at the Tianjin Meijiang Convention Centre in Tianjin City in China.
He pointed out five issues behind his proposal.
The proposals include sovereign equality, abiding the international rule of law, practicising multilateralism, narrowing the gap between north and south and better safeguarding the common interests of all countries, and enhance practical cooperation to prevent the governance system from lagging behind or being fragmented.
'To this end, I wish to propose the Global Governance Initiative (GGI). I look forward to working with all countries for a more just and equitable global governance system and advancing toward a community with a shared future for humanity,' the Chinese leader said.
The heads of states and governments of over 20 countries attended the event.
They include Russian president Vladimir Putin, Indian prime minister Narendra Modi, Belarus president Alexander Lukashenko, Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian, Kazakhstan鈥檚 president Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, Kyrgyzstan鈥檚 president Sadyr Japarov, Pakistan鈥檚 prime minister Shehbaz Sharif, Tajikistan鈥檚 president Emomali Rahmon, Uzbekistan鈥檚 president Shavkat Mirziyoyev, Mongolia鈥檚 president Ukhnaa Khurelsukh, Maldive鈥檚 president Mohamed Muizzu, Nepal鈥檚 prime minister KP Sharma Oli, Indonesian president Prabowo Subianto, Malaysian prime minister Anwar Ibrahim, and Vietnam鈥檚 prime minister Pham Minh Chinh.
The summit that began on Sunday ended on Monday after programmes like bilateral meetings with different member states, 25th meeting of the Council of Heads of States, and SCO Plus Meetings.
'Eighty years ago, the international community learned profound lessons from the scourge of two world wars and founded the United Nations, thus writing a new page in global governance. Eighty years later, while the historical trends of peace, development, cooperation and mutual benefit remain unchanged, the Cold War mentality, hegemonism and protectionism continue to haunt the world,' said Xi, referring that this year marks the 80th anniversary of the victory of the World Anti-Fascist War and the founding of the United Nations.
He claimed that new threats and challenges had only been increasing.
'First, we should adhere to sovereign equality. We should maintain that all countries, regardless of size, strength and wealth, are equal participants, decision-makers and beneficiaries in global governance,' he said.
'Second, we should abide by international rule of law. The purposes and principles of the UN Charter and other universally recognized basic norms of international relations must be observed comprehensively, fully and in their entirety. International law and rules should be applied equally and uniformly,' Xi Jinping said.
He said that there should be no double standards, and the house rules of a few countries must not be imposed upon others.
In a Joint press conference聽 by the Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi and SCO secretary general Nurlan Yermekbayev in the evening also applauded the president Xi's proposal to global governance initiative.
SCO was founded on June 15, 2001 with six founding members including China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.
Since 2017, India, Pakistan, Iran and Belarus have successively joined as member states. The SCO has two observer states, Afghanistan and Mongolia, as well as 14 dialogue partners: Azerbaijan, Armenia, Cambodia, Nepal, Turkey, Sri Lanka, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Qatar, Bahrain, the Maldives, Myanmar, the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait.
Now, the SCO is a family of 26 countries from its founding six member states.
As part of the growing trend, the SCO has creatively proposed and faithfully implemented the 鈥楽hanghai Spirit鈥� of mutual trust, mutual benefits, equality, consultation, respect for diverse civilisations, and pursuit of the common development, according to the book named Stories of the SCO in the New Era published by the Xi Jinping Thought on Diplomacy Centre.
Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi said that the SCO had turned into 27 as Laos was accepted as a new dialogue partner.
China鈥檚 port city Tianjin wore a desert look as only a handful of people were seen on roads in the past three days centering the summit.
Security personnel were seen checking vehicles in the entrances of the city and other places.
