BEIJING, April 18 (Xinhuanet) -- The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) needs to boost economic cooperation among its member states, and further explore new potential fields, experts said during the 8th session of the SCO forum held here on Thursday.
Experts from SCO bodies, members, observers and dialogue partners gathered at the forum to exchange views on the achievements and obstacles of economic cooperation among the SCO members, and provide suggestions on how to further deepen cooperation to benefit people of the member states.
As a multi-functional organization, the SCO has expanded its cooperation from political level to economic level over the past years.
Since 2003, SCO has signed a series of agreements on economic and trade cooperation.
During the economic crisis, it assisted its member states in tiding over the difficulties, the participants said.
However, further economic cooperation is needed for the SCO to strengthen its development, they added.
The SCO should focus on more specific cooperative programs, such as medical care, railway reform, public service and so on, experts from Russia and Tajikistan said.
"The SCO should explore more programs concerning the livelihood of the people," said the deputy director at Strategic Research Center under the President of the Republic of Tajikistan.
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