Amid growing anti-globalization sentiment and widening development gaps worldwide, regional cooperation mechanisms are taking on an increasingly vital role in fostering coordination and driving sustainable growth. In an interview with China News Service, Lu Shanbing, director of the Silk Road Institute at Northwest University, said the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) has become a critical platform for advancing regional economic integration and addressing global uncertainty.
The tectonic plates of global power are shifting. For centuries, the international order was dictated from the West, first by European capitals and later by Washington.
Journalists from China and Kazakhstan observe training activities at a Luban Workshop in Kazakhstan. (People's Daily/Zhao Yipu) In recent years, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) has made significant strides in advancing digital cooperation under the framework of the "Digital Silk Road.
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) is the first intergovernmental organization initiated by China and named after a Chinese city. Since its founding in 2001, the SCO has followed the guidance of the Shanghai Spirit, forging a distinctive path of peaceful development and presenting a compelling model for building a new type of international relations.
